Woodcut Book-Plates

P. Neville Barnett

Sydney

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Privately Printed [at The Becon Press]

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1934

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First Edition. Signed by Author

26.5cm x 19.5cm. 240 pages, 107 tipped in bookplates, further illustrations in the text. Quarter vellum, papered boards, black lettering.

A comprehensive history of the woodcut ex libris with over 100 tipped in examples and more reproduced. The frontispiece being the tipped in plate of Edward, Prince of Wales signed by the artist, Adrian Feint. The other signed plates are by G. D. Perrottet, W. F. Hopson, Bruno da Osimo (x3), V. Vavra (x2), Jaroslav Dobrovolsky (x3), L. Roy Davies, George Collingridge, and another by Feint. Foreword by Lionel Lindsay. Limited to 210 signed and numbered copies of the standard edition. A deluxe edition of 65 copies was also produced.

6cm split to lower joint at crown. Minor rubbing to board edges. Occasional light foxing and offsetting. Good Condition.