Joseph Crawhall, Wood Engraver: babes in ye wood.
This is a facsimile reproduction of The moft Lamentable & Deplorable HISTORY of the TWO CHILDREN IN THE WOOD engraved and published in 1883 by Joseph Crawhall (1821-1896) in an old-fashioned style. Carr wrote in the front that Crowhall (sic) dusted his engraved blocks with a fairly convincing antiquity, echoing the rough jobs hawked by chapmen and sold to folk who normally didn't buy books
. He concluded: I like to suppose this series prolongs that tradition
.
(Last updated on 28/5/2021)
SBE-CRA1: First edition
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: (about 1983?)
ISBN: None
Size: 129 x 96 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: two
Binding: pink printed matt card covers
Paper: off white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: Joseph Crawhall
Internal illustrations: 19 internal woodcuts by Crawhall
Number in series: none given, but there are 61 books in this collection
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: not illustrated
Content: The History of the Two Children of the Wood
Notes: This is the only known edition.
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover