Lot 235
Fry (Roger) Twelve Original Woodcuts, second impression, Hogarth Press, 1921.
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Fry (Roger) Twelve Original Woodcuts, second impression, 12 plates, printed on alternate rectos, advertisement leaf at end, toning to title, original wrappers, one or two spots, creased at edges, spine a little toned, [Woolmer 13; Greenwood p.68], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1921.
⁂ See previous lot for details: a rare second impression of this Omega Workshop item.
In a letter of 2 December 1921, Virginia Woolf noted that "the first edition of Roger's woodcuts sold out in two days, and another [is] to be printed, folded, stitched and bound instantly" - Letters, II, p.495. The second impression was printed on superior paper stock, without the titles of the woodcuts. Though the size of the impression is unknown, we can trace few examples of this impression in commerce.
Description
Fry (Roger) Twelve Original Woodcuts, second impression, 12 plates, printed on alternate rectos, advertisement leaf at end, toning to title, original wrappers, one or two spots, creased at edges, spine a little toned, [Woolmer 13; Greenwood p.68], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1921.
⁂ See previous lot for details: a rare second impression of this Omega Workshop item.
In a letter of 2 December 1921, Virginia Woolf noted that "the first edition of Roger's woodcuts sold out in two days, and another [is] to be printed, folded, stitched and bound instantly" - Letters, II, p.495. The second impression was printed on superior paper stock, without the titles of the woodcuts. Though the size of the impression is unknown, we can trace few examples of this impression in commerce.
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