BIRDS & ANIMALS

Book Description

Gehenna Press, 1974. . 15 x 11 3/4. 140 leaves: title, colophon, and 66 wood engravings, woodcuts, and linoleum cuts by Leonard Baskin printed one to a leaf on Troya, and interleaved with backing sheets, plus 5 blanks. Signed by Baskin in the colophon. An unbound binder's copy with 64 of the prints signed by Baskin. Housed in a handsome cloth && decorated paper traycase. Fine, with prospectus. A delightful range of Baskin's creatures from sea, land, and air. Printed by Harold McGrath in black, dark blue, dark green, and red. The image sizes range from less than an inch to 7 or 8 inches. Many of the blocks appeared in earlier works ( such as A Little Book of Natural History); some were separately issued, or used for bookplates or pressmarks & other ephemera. Both The Work of Fifty Years and the prospectus call for 65 prints (not the 66 present here). Of 50 copies printed, a few (the prospectus says 5) copies had all the prints signed. These were offered in 1974 for $2500. Apparently not all 50 sets were bound or sold. There were three binders for the edition. This set of sheets belonged to one of the binders. Rare.

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