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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
by Condry, William (Introduction); Hermes, Gertrude; White Gilbert
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Newtown: Gwasg Gregynog, 1988. x, 30pp, quarter cloth and paper over boards, author and title in gilt to spine, bright and clean. With six wood engravings by Hermes. One of two hundred and forty copies, this being number one hundred and ninety-three. Esslemont and Hughes 19. First Edition. Quarter Cloth and Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). Illus. by Hermes, Gertrude. Folio. Private Press.
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- Illustrator Hermes, Gertrude
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition No Jacket (as Issued)
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 0948714212
- ISBN 13 9780948714214
- Publisher Gwasg Gregynog
- Place of Publication Newtown
- Date Published 1988
- Keywords Gregynog, Selborne, White, Hermes, Wood Engraving, Private Press, Ebay
- Size Folio
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Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes being illustrations to Selborne. (Gregynog)
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Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes being illustrations to Selborne. (Gregynog)
by HERMES Gertrude 1901-1983 (Gregynog)
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- Hardcover
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780948714214
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- 0948714212
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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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