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West Yorkshire: Fleece Press, 1986. First edition. Limited to 200 copies, this no. 24, on hand-made Barcham Green Sandwich paper. Fine in cloth box with paper spine label. First edition. Limited to 200 copies, this no. 24, on hand-made Barcham Green Sandwich paper. Folio. Unpaged. Illustrated from the original wood-engraved blocks: frontispiece, head- and tail-piece and 15 full-page engravings. Bound in Smith Settle in quarter green gilt-titled morocco with pattern paste paper sides.

Wakefield: Fleece Press, 1986. No. 1 OF 12 SPECIAL COPIES bound by James Brockman, from a total edition of 200. 342 x 260 mm. (13 1/2 x 10 1/4"). 6 p.l., 16 leaves of engravings, [1] leaf (colophon).With an Introduction by George Tute. ARTFUL BLACK MOROCCO BY JAMES BROCKMAN (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers with thin strips of white, gray, and matte black morocco arranged in an abstract design, upper cover with a couple dozen short gilt lines resembling rainfall, smooth spine, edges untrimmed. Housed in a taupe linen box lined with felt and with gilt lettered black morocco label. With frontispiece, 16 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS (some with tissue guards), one headpiece, and a small vignette on colophon, all by Leon Underwood and printed from the original blocks. ◆In mint condition. This is a special copy of a beautiful tribute to the wood engravings of Leon Underwood, an artist, teacher, and founder of the Brook Green School, covered here by one of the leading English binders of our time. George… Read More