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Jones, David
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500 - 700 GBP
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Description
- Jones, David
- The Chester Play of the Deluge. Golden Cockerel Press, 1927
- ink on paper
4to, number 217 of 275 copies, 10 wood-engraved illustrations by David Jones, original buckram, collector's folding case, front free endpaper slightly discoloured and with previous owner's inscription, spine slightly faded
Literature
Chanticleer 52; Cave and Manson pp.78-79.
Catalogue Note
The Chester Play of the Deluge was the last book for which David Jones produced wood-engravings for the Golden Cockerel Press. He worked so slowly that Robert Gibbings was unable to work with him again. As David Jones grew out of Eric Gill's artistic shadow, his work grew in originality and interest. His wood-engravings for this work were "Triumphs of design and imagery".