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BAWDEN, Edward (1903-1989). A group of 7 original linocut prints from The Folio Society illustrated edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles. [London: The Folio Society, 1987].
Linocuts on art paper (30 x 22 ¾”; 768 x 578 mm). Minor occasional rubbing to edges, else bright and fine. Each print is signed by Bawden and is one of 75 printed copies (various numbers). Each is captioned in pencil by Bawden: “Our friend Sir Henry and the lady had halted on the path (39/75)”; “We made our way down the precipitous slope and approached the body (14/75)”; “Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes (AP)”; “The dining room which opened out of the hall was a place of shadow and gloom (6/75)”; “This is Sir Henry Baskerville said Dr. Mortimer (19/75)”; “A hound it was, an enormous coal black hound (20/75)”; “The Hound of the Baskervilles (19/75)”. Includes a copy of the book.