Gwen Raverat
Subtitle: wood engraver
By: Joanna Selborne and Lindsay Newman
Contributors: Selborne, Joanna; Newman, Lindsay; Muir, Ann, papermaker; Sanderson, Peter J., compositor; Lawrence, Simon, printer; Lawrence, Simon, publisher
Publisher: The Fleece Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Denby Dale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Raverat, Gwen, -- 1885-1957; Women wood engravers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Wood-engraving -- 20th century -- Great Britain; Wood-engravers -- 20th century -- Great Britain; Linoleum block-printing, English -- 20th century
Notes: "Printed and published by Simon Lawrence at his Fleece Press, 4 Revel Garth, Denby Dale, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HDS STG"--Cf. t.p. verso

Some of the illustrations are mounted

"Two hundred and sixty copies are bound in quarter cloth and marbled paper made by Ann Muir ... Peter J. Sanderson set the Scotch Roman at Whittington.  The paper used is Zerkall. [signed] Simon Lawrence"--Cf. colophon, p. [153]

Includes biographical information

Includes bibliographical information and index
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: [I] Gwen Raverat, wood engraver / Joanna Selborne; title: Gwen Raverat, wood engraver; title: Technique; title: Single wood engravings; title: Book illustration; title: Colour wood engraving; title: A major artist in a minor field; title: References; title: Select bibliography; title: [II] Documentation: Books and prints / Lindsay Newman; title: Books: wood-engraved books &c illustrated by Gwen Raverat; title: Prints: Gwen Raverat's engravings on hard- and softwoods, and lino; title: Index to the prints and books