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Newtown, Powys.: Gwasg Gregynog, 1988. Limited Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Gertrude Hermes. Near Fine, 1988, Ltd ed Gregynog Press. With extracts from Gilbert White. Introduced by William Condry with a postscript by James Hamilton. Small neat owners signature to fep (Kenyon), (x), 30 pp, 6 pls, 355*240 mm, printed on the Hedelberg Cylinder, part of the title, headings and marginal notes in brown, bound by Smith Settle, in quarter fawn cloth, gold rule, with brown on cream patterned boards, titled in gold on the spine, this is number 1 of 200 ordinary copies, then there were 15 unbound copies and 25 specials. The 6 wood engravings by Hermes are stunning to say the least and published here by arrangement with the NLW for the first time. (Esslemont Hughes 19) Hermes, Gertrude Anna Bertha, printmaker, sculptor, and designer, moved with her husband, in 1930 to Montgomeryshire, where Hughes-Stanton had been appointed wood-engraver to the Gregynog Press. The press also…
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Wood Engravings By Gertrude Hermes Being Illustrations to Selborne with Extracts from Gilbert White Hardcover - 1988
by HERMES Gertrude 1901-1983 (Gregynog)
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- Title Wood Engravings By Gertrude Hermes Being Illustrations to Selborne with Extracts from Gilbert White
- Author HERMES Gertrude 1901-1983 (Gregynog)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Limited Edition
- Pages x, 29 pp, 6 full-page illustrati
- Language ENG
- Publisher Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown
- Date 1988
- ISBN 9780948714214
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Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes being illustrations to Selborne. (Gregynog)
by HERMES Gertrude 1901-1983 (Gregynog)
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Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes being illustrations to Selborne. (Gregynog)
by HERMES Gertrude 1901-1983 (Gregynog)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780948714214
- ISBN 10
- 0948714212
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
- Item Price
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£450.00£30.00 shipping to USA
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Newtown, Powys.: Gwasg Gregynog, 1988. Limited Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. HERMES Gertrude. 1988, Ltd ed Gregynog Press. With extracts from Gilbert White. Introduced by William Condry with a postscript by James Hamilton. No inscriptions etc, (x), 30 pp, 6 pls, 355*240 mm, printed on the Hedelberg Cylinder, part of the title, headings and marginal notes in brown, bound by Smith Settle, in quarter fawn cloth, gold rule, with brown on cream patterned boards, titled in gold on the spine, this is number 1 of 200 ordinary copies, then there were 15 unbound copies and 25 specials. The 6 wood engravings by Hermes are stunning to say the least and thought by many to be among her very best prints, and published here by arrangement with the NLW for the first time. (Esslemont Hughes 19) Hermes, Gertrude Anna Bertha, printmaker, sculptor, and designer, moved with her husband, in 1930 to Montgomeryshire, where Hughes-Stanton had been appointed wood-engraver to the Gregynog…
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