London Zoo. The Zoo, by Moira Gibbings, illustrated by Robert Gibbings London: The Baynard Press printed by Sanders Phillips & Company Limited, [1922], original colour woodcut illustrations throughout, some minor spotting to pages 1 and 18, in original printed buff wrappers with colour woodcut to upper cover, very good condition, scarce, 8vo (Quantity: 1) Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was an Irish artist and author who studied at the Slade and the Central School of Art and Design. He was instrumental in the revival of wood engraving and was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. He owned and ran the Golden Cockerel Press from 1924-1933. The Zoo is considered Gibbings first and rarest work. In his bibliography on Gibbings, Kirkus notes that 'I have seen only one copy of this book which is not in the British Museum or the library of the Zoological Society'. p. 5. Kirkus further notes that the records of the Bayard Press suffered during World War II but C.R. Sinnett, the Press's director, remembered that the printing costs had been underwritten by the London Underground. It is believed that the short story was commissioned by the London Underground to promote the use of the railway. According to OCLC all reported copies are in microfilm.
London Zoo. The Zoo, by Moira Gibbings, illustrated by Robert Gibbings London: The Baynard Press printed by Sanders Phillips & Company Limited, [1922], original colour woodcut illustrations throughout, some minor spotting to pages 1 and 18, in original printed buff wrappers with colour woodcut to upper cover, very good condition, scarce, 8vo (Quantity: 1) Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was an Irish artist and author who studied at the Slade and the Central School of Art and Design. He was instrumental in the revival of wood engraving and was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. He owned and ran the Golden Cockerel Press from 1924-1933. The Zoo is considered Gibbings first and rarest work. In his bibliography on Gibbings, Kirkus notes that 'I have seen only one copy of this book which is not in the British Museum or the library of the Zoological Society'. p. 5. Kirkus further notes that the records of the Bayard Press suffered during World War II but C.R. Sinnett, the Press's director, remembered that the printing costs had been underwritten by the London Underground. It is believed that the short story was commissioned by the London Underground to promote the use of the railway. According to OCLC all reported copies are in microfilm.
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