[4] pages, 12 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm.
General Note
`Of the engravings in this book with the exception of Nos. 1, 2, and 3, which are not limited, there are only 25 signed proofs. The book is printed at the Baynards Press by Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd. Is limited to 125 signed copies of which this is number 104.’ [colophon].
Includes a press photograph loosely inserted, showing the artist 'aboard the Orsova, leaving Tilbury on her maiden voyage, March 17th 1954'
Contents
1. The Mill -- 2. The little copse -- 3. Trees at Oxenbridge -- 4. Fowey Harbour -- 5. Local races -- 6. The model and the mirror -- 7. Evening sunshine -- 8. A street in Macedonia -- 9. Scraps -- 10. The girl in the garret -- 11. Tigne, Malta -- 12. The rick yard
Provenance
The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil: `To Dorothy Carter from Robert Gibbings, 10.10.27.’
Copy Note
Copy number 104 or 125. Numbered and signed by the artist on the colophon.
Binding Note
Quarter-bound in natural-coloured canvas, boards covered with natural-coloured paper, lettered in black on the upper cover. Deckle-edged paper.