ONE OF JUST 200 COPIES

Chubb, Ralph ~ Woodcuts

Andrew Block, London : 1928

The sole UK printing published by Andrew Block, London in 1928. The edition is limited to 200 hand numbered copies, of which this is number '200'. 4to., marbled paper-covered card wraps in purple, with onlaid title label to upper cover; two small vignettes, one to title and one to colophon, plus a further twelve full page B/W woodcuts, each accompanied by a title page; The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with the the covers good but moderately sunned along the spine with some with cracking and chipping to edges of the covers; internally clean and bright, with spare title label supplied to inside rear cover. Scarce with the spine intact. The book is protected in a removable Mylar cover. Ralph Nicholas Chubb (1892 – 1960) was an English poet, printer and artist. Heavily influenced by Whitman, Blake, and the Romantics, his work was the creation of a highly intricate personal mythology, one that was anti-materialist and sexually revolutionary. None of the editions of Chubb's books exceed more than 200 copies, and some of his lithographed masterworks exist in only 30 or 40 copies, of which a mere six or seven are meticulously hand-coloured by Chubb. Scarce.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good