Lot 96

Gibbings, Robert (1889-1958) §
Collection of proof wood-engravings for Over the Reefs, [1948]





Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
£504
Description
10 wood-engravings on 9 separate sheets of lightweight laid Japanese paper, each approx. 13.5 x 10.5cm and reverse, 2 signed and 6 initialled by Gibbings (all in pencil), 2 unsigned
Footnote
Note:
Over the Reefs, an account of Gibbings' travels in Australasia and the Pacific, was published by J. M. Dent in 1948.
Provenance:
1) G. F. Sims, bookseller, in an envelope with his typescript catalogue description on self-adhesive label (price £225).
2) Property of an English collector.




