GIBBINGS, Robert (artist). Patience EMPSON (editor). The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings. London; J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1959

4to.; original black cloth blocked in gilt to spine and to upper board with Gibbing’s monogram, with the original transparent, fitted and removable, plastic dustwrapper lettered in red, top edges stained dark green; pp. xliv + 355; with coloured wood-engraved frontispiece on tissue, photographic illustrations in half-tones, and a very wide array of wood-engravings throughout in bold black ink; a fine copy both externally and internally, without ownership marks or inscriptions in a fine jacket.

First edition.  A feast of crisp wood-engraved plates and vignettes accompanied by a 16-page section of text titled “Some Recollections”, written by the artist.