World war one smith percy (1 Ergebnisse)

First edition. Foreword by William Rothenstein. Introduction by H.M. Tomlinson. Quarto. pp [16] + sixteen plates with captioned tissue guards. Green buckram covers with gilt decorative design to front. The images are of an unremitting bleakness and come from sketches made by Percy Smith while he served as an artilleryman on the Somme. They could have led to a court martial as such things were expressly forbidden. The etchings are reproduced in collotype and printed at the Curwen Press.Out of a total edition of 167 numbered copies this is one of 145 on a Dutch mould-made paper.Some slight spotting to prelims. Covers a bit rubbed at the edges. Bottom corners of covers bumped. Very good. The plates are all fine. Scarce.…