Engraved in the Wood : a collection of wood engravings by George Mackley with an appreciation by Ruari McLean and with a glimpse of the artist by Armida Maria-Theresa Colt. [ Booklet and portfolio, complete as issued, together with a copy of the prospectus ]

Two-Horse Press, London, first edition, 1968. Limited edition of 300 copies signed and numbered by the artist, George Mackley. Booklet and portfolio housed in original hand-made folding cloth covered case by Gray's of Cambridge, paper spine-label, 33 cm,. engravings listing leaf, 68 loose leaves of wood-engravings and 18 pp. booklet. A portfolio of 68 wood engravings by George Mackley, of which 55 are printed direct firom the original blocks, with the other 13 (where the original blocks have been lost) reproduced photographically byline-blocks from surviving prints, accompanied by an illustrated booklet containing an appreciation by Ruari McLean and a glimpse of the artist by Armida Maria-Theresa Colt. Designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, Printed on T.H. Saunders mould-made paper. Copy No. 214. Elegant booklabel of Marie-Louise and Samuel Robert Rosenthal on front free endpaper of booklet. Case a little rubbed at extremities, contents Fine. With a copy of the prospectus for the book, a separate illustrated broadside advertisement and a postcard order form.