FRESH WOODS, together with PASTURES NEW illustrated with wood-engravings by…

FRESH WOODS, together with PASTURES NEW illustrated with wood-engravings by Barbara Geg.

Melbourne. London. Toronto.William Heinemann Ltd. 1951. 1952. Two volumes. Volume I: 1-122pp. Numerous wood-engravings throughout. Original brown cloth, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Volume II: 1-116pp. Numerous wood-engravings throughout. Original green cloth, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavos. First editions. Extremities of volume I a little rubbed with some dulling of gilt on spine; top edges of both volumes are a trifle dusty; volume II has some light spotting to endpapers, top margins at start and fore-edges; wrapper of volume I is price-clipped, a trifle browned and chipped at edges with some loss to head and heel of spine; wrapper of volume 2 has light spotting to rear panel and inside flaps with small chips to head of spine and top corners. A very good set.Included are seven full-page and 13 quarter-page or vignette sized original wood-engravings by Barbara Greg. Three of the full-page engravings are signed in pencil by the artist.

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