English Wood Engravings 1900 - 1950

Wood engravings by some of the greatest exponents of the art in the first half of the 20th Century. These were published in 1951, in a reprint by Arts and Technics, printed by the Shenval Press.

More on the 1951 Edition

The plates in the original 1951 edition of Thomas Balston's English Wood-Engraving 1900-1950 were printed using electrotypes (metal duplicates) made from the original wood blocks, not from the wood blocks themselves. This was a common commercial practice for book illustration at the time.
The book was printed by the Shenval Press. The use of electrotypes allowed the images to be printed simultaneously with the letterpress type, which was standard for commercial book production in the mid-20th century.