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Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1985.
First Edition.
Imperial Octavo, 10 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (265 x 190 mm); xvi + 44 + 4; Number 91 of 335 copies signed by the artist. Bound by Smith Settle in natural canvas, engraving within a rectangular blind panel on the front; white spine label; headbands, top edge brown, rest uncut; Colorplan Bagdad Brown endpapers. Printed in black, the title-page in black and red, and the captions in grey, hand-set in 12-point Bell; Zerkall smooth white wove and Zerkall Silurian papers; 52 wood-engravings and a line-block reproduction of an engraving by Gwenda Morgan. The introduction (pp. xi-xiii) is by John Randle. A list of "Books illustrated by Gwenda Morgan" is on p. [59]. The colophon is set within the gravestone engraving from 'Gray's Elegy' (Golden Cockerel Press, 1946), used there for the Epitaph.
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British Book Design and Production Exhibition 1986. The second of a series of monographs on contemporary engravers. Gwenda Morgan (1908-1991) produced engravings for ten books between 1936 and 1956, notably for the Golden Cockerel Press for which she illustrated four titles. Many of her engravings were produced for exhibitions as individual prints and had not been collected together previously. The selection in this volume represents about a quarter of her total output. All were printed from the original blocks, except, no. 37, the block for which was lost.
From the introduction (p. xi): "Christopher Sandford once said that her engravings reminded him of romantic scenes in needlework, embroidery and tapestry. There is a sense of order and formality in her work that does indeed bring such scenes to mind, and the apparent simplicity of her composition and technique disguises a sure eye and a firm hand with the engraving tool."
Condition: Fine.
- Dimensions:Height: 10.44 in (26.5 cm)Width: 7.49 in (19 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
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