Lionel Wendt

'Lionel Wendt's Ceylon' (photographs 1933-1944) compiled and produced under the direction of Mr Eugene Prager
120 full page photogravure plates on off-white heavyweight stock with introduction, technical note and list of titles
Black cloth covered boards, gilt-stampted titles to front cover and spine, illustrated dustjacket
Size: 270 x 195 mm, 255pp, Price: 42/- Net, First edition of 5000 copies
Published 1950, Lincolns-Prager, London

 

'Lionel Wendt's Ceylon' - Printer's Proofs / Publisher's Sample
Photogravure plates on off-white heavyweight stock in folded dust jacket
Size: 270 x 195 mm, 16 loose pages, Unique copy.
Published 1950, Lincolns-Prager, London

Dust jacket folded as folio cover to encase loose prints, pages show no signs of having been bound and foxing indicates long term storage in dust jacket. A number of prints have minor printing faults (small ink drops) suggesting these may be a collection of printers proofs, rejects or a samples that have been stored in an unused dustjacket since printing.