Engravings. (The Catalogue by Jeremy Greenwood). With an Introduction by John Craig. Ravilious (Eric) Private Press

24/51 COPIES (from an edition of 855 copies) the text printed in double-column, a photographic frontispiece portrait, reproductions of in excess of 400 of Ravilious' engravings creating a comprehensive catalogue of his work, produced to a very high standard of workmanship, with engravings on almost every page, a number in colour, and some full-page in size, these special copies with three wood-enravings printed from the original blocks by Ian Mortimer at I.M. Imprimit, together with a tipped-in photograph of the artist 'probably by Phyllis Dodd' in a grey card portfolio, pp. 288, folio, original quarter black morocco with sides of orange patterned paper to a Ravilious design, backstrip lettered in silver, the book and portfolio together, along with a 12pp. booklet of 'addenda and corrigenda' and 5 pieces of correspondence from Jeremy Greenwood at the press concerning the publication, and 2 copies of the prospectus, in a grey cloth dropback box lettered in silver, fine. An important work illustrating Ravilious's engravings with reproductions of all of his known engravings, 440 in number, all reproduced to a high standard; the accompanying text includes quotations from the artist's letters and notes.