Wood Engravings for The Lovers' Song-Book

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One of the 100 sets of the wood engravings, of which only fifty were sold as complete suites (AS IS THIS), (these accompanied by the text volume containing W. H. Davies' poems, itself unillustrated and limited to 350 copies); the remaining sets were sold as individual mounted prints. Clamshell case of gray cloth, gilt titles, red paper lined, as issued by the press, containing the ten wood engravings in individual window mounts, each engraving 125 x 103 mm, the case 35 x 28 cm; the accompanying book, 20 pp. in all, measures 35 x 16 cm and is retained in the case by a spacer. The original edition of The Lovers' Song Book emanated from the Gregynog Press in an unillustrated form in 1933, though both Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes had previously attempted to provide illustrations (in the case of Hughes-Stanton, a trial proof was issued, which is very rare). Neither artist's work found acceptance with the directors of the Press, and Hermes's work on it seemed consigned to oblivion until David Esselmont's splendid printing emerged. This set contains two versions of the prospectus and two order forms.