Lot 2083 , [Green, Lewis H. editor - The George Mackley Collection] 3 vols. Limited Edition of 250 numbered sets, signed by the engraver. uniform bindings of gilt ruled, lettered and blind decorated calf backed marbled boards, cont

° [Green, Lewis H. editor - The George Mackley Collection] 3 vols. Limited Edition of 250 numbered sets, signed by the engraver. uniform bindings of gilt ruled, lettered and blind decorated calf backed marbled boards, contained in a matching slipcase (by E.A. Weeks & Son), 4to. & 8vo. Woking: Gresham Books, 1981. Comprises: Mackley's Confessions of a Woodpecker, 48pp. text decorations etc. and num. illus. examples of the wood engravers reproduced art (by Farleigh, Hughes-Stanton, Buckland Wright et al), and with 61 of Mackley's own engravings loose in flapped end pocket; George Mackley: wood engraver, 136pp. photo. portrait and num. examples of his work (including drawings and sketches); Mackley's Wood Engraving. 124, (12)pp. num. text illus.; a republication of the original (1948) edition, with a supplement and list of materials and equipment suppliers. Published as a memento of the Ashmolean Museum Exhibition of that year.
£250-300

Condition:
Good set, copy no.36

Sold for £280