Lot 395: WEISSENBORN, HELLMUTH.

A COLLECTION OF 48 WORKS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HELLMUTH WEISSENBORN INCLUDING:

Bestiary. 1972, oblong folio, number 11 of 30 copies, each of the wood-engravings signed and numbered by the artist, 30 wood-engraved plates loose as issued in portfolio--Flora. 1973, small 4to, number 29 of 50 copies signed by the artist, 20 coloured linocuts each signed by the artist, loose as issued in folder and slipcase--Small Beasts. 1973, 8vo, number 23 of 50 copies signed and numbered by the artist, 26 linocuts each signed by the artist, loose as issued in folder and slipcase--Picture Alphabet. 1975, 4to, number 57 of 60 copies signed by the artist , 27 linocuts printed in 2 colours, original Japanese-style sewn boards, slipcase [WP 1:12], upper cover slipcase marked--Ruins. 1977, oblong folio, number 49 of 60 copies signed by the artist, 23 linocuts coloured by hand, original Japanese-style sewn boards, slipcase [WP 1:30], slipcase split, lacking small section--Fantasy. 1978, folio, number 92 of 100 copies signed by the artist, 21 linocuts coloured by hand, original boards, slipcase--Roads, Rails, Bridges. 1979, oblong folio, number 16 of 60 copies signed by the artist, 25 linocuts coloured by hand, original Japanese-style sewn boards, slipcase [WP 1:40] --Advanced Zoology. 1980, folio, number 30 of 50 copies signed by the artist, coloured linocuts, original boards, slipcase--Towns. 1985, oblong folio, number 7 of 60 copies, coloured linocuts, original Japanese-style sewn boards, slipcase [WP 2:A10]--London Scenes. 2001, 8vo, limited to 300 copies, of which this is number xxiii of 60 copies with an additional suite of the engravings and a signed proof of an additional engravings, 11 wood-engravings, original Japanese-style sewn boards, slipcase; and 37 others, various sizes, the majority printed at the Whittington Press for the Acorn Press, all with wood-engraved or linocut illustrations by Helmuth Weissenborn--Hellmuth Weissenborn. Engraver. Whittington Press for the Acorn Press, 1983, folio, number 208 of 260 copies, numerous wood-engraved and linocut illustrations by Hellmuth Weissenborn, original cloth (48)

NOTE

The Picture Alphabet was the first book the Whittington Press printed for Helmuth Weissenborn's Acorn Press. The association between Weissenborn and the Whittington Press continued for many years and culminated in the posthumous compilation of his work they published in 1983.