Curwen Press. 'The Curwen Press News-Letter', 11 issues, Jun...

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£900

Curwen Press. 'The Curwen Press News-Letter', 11 issues, June 1932- May 1939, comprising issues no. 1,4,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 & 16, wood engraved, lithograph, linocut and other illustrations by Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Edward Ardizzone, Graham Sutherland, Paul Nash, John Nash, John Piper, Barnett Freedman, Albert Rutherston etc, each 4to, original stitched printed wraps, includes number 9, March 1935, (500), illustrations by Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Albert Rutherston etc, 16pp, original decorative patterned printed wraps by Edward Bawden, number 11, December 1935, original striking pictorial wraps by Paul Nash, number 12, June 1936, original lithograph surrealistic cover design by Graham Sutherland, described by Pat Gilmour in her book 'Artists At Curwen', as a "rather splendid bivalve design with rich red and black crayoning", content includes Includes ‘Job Printing’ by Beatrice Warde (writing as Paul Beacon) illustrated Eric Ravilious, etc., [12]pp, number 14, November 1937, auto-lithograph cover design by John Nash printed in four colours, content includes Walbaum Italic Typeface and ‘Decorative Borders’ including Edward Bawden’s latest design, etc., [8]pp, number 16, May 1939, striking cover design by John Piper, etc, all housed in an original quarter cloth gilt folder, patterned paper sides by Barnett Freedman, ribbon ties. Eleven of sixteen of the very scarce issues (11)