Boxwood Blockmaker. Wood Engravings Collected in Honour of his Eightieth Birthday.

33/250 COPIES printed on Zerkall mould-made paper, wood-engraved frontispiece by Leo Wyatt printed in brown, and 37 further wood-engravings, each printed on separate leaf with engraver's name printed in brown beneath, title-page printed in black and brown, pp. [92], royal 8vo, original quarter mid brown cloth with vertical gilt rule and marbled sides, backstrip lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, board slipcase, slipcase top edge slightly rubbed, near fine. A beautifully printed record of the leading engravers of the period, including Monica Poole, John Craig and Richard Shirley-Smith, in addition to perennial favourites, Gertrude Hermes, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Reynolds Stone etc. 'Wood engravers would find it very difficult to assess their great indebtedness to Stanley Lawrence. His great knowledge and superb craftsmanship have made it possible for engravers to practise their own skills' (George Mackley, Introduction).