21 ENGRAVINGS: THOMAS BEWICK (2 Volumes, Complete)
St. Charles, IL: Privately printing, at the Printing Office of Philip Reed, 1951. Quarter Leather. Very Good+ binding. Item #7680
Octavo. Vol I: [44]; II: [40] pp., illus. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. As issued in decorative paper over boards with repeated motifs after Bewick; each volume backed in morocco, one in red, the other in green; matching paper slipcase. A very nice set, though the green leather spine has sunned to tan; slipcase is a bit rubbed and darkened at the spine.
A lovely set, each volume with 21 illustrations, all printed from Bewick's original wookblocks. From the library of American collector, Albert A. Howard with his small monograph label at the rear.
Price: $150.00