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Clare Leighton

Woodcuts, 1930
London, NY, and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co.
One of 450 copies, signed by Leighton and with an additional inscription by him at the front free endpaper.
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Woodcuts by Clare Leighton. Binding
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Woodcuts by Clare Leighton. Illustrations
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Woodcuts by Clare Leighton. Title page
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) Woodcuts by Clare Leighton. Inscription
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 7 ) Woodcuts by Clare Leighton. Colophon
Quarto. xviiipp, (73)ff. Forty-one mounted plates on thirty-seven leaves exhibit Leighton's careful execution and bold composition. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc. A significant compendium of one of the most...
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Quarto. xviiipp, (73)ff. Forty-one mounted plates on thirty-seven leaves exhibit Leighton's careful execution and bold composition. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc. A significant compendium of one of the most influential woodcut artists of the 20th century, bound in full brown cloth over boards with woodcut illustration pasted to front cover. Exterior moderately rubbed and with some staining, else very good.
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Bookplate of the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut - the recipient of Leighton's inscription.
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