Monica Poole's Picture Book
Monica Poole (1921-2003) was a British wood engraver. Her friend and fellow engraver George Mackley published a book about her in 1994. Carr reported one edition of this small book; two have been seen.
According to Jisc Library Hub there is a copy in the Royal Academy of Arts, but it's not listed in the RA catalogue.
(Last updated on 28/5/2021)
SBE-POO1: First edition?
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 129 x 94 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white glossy printed card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: Monica Poole
Internal illustrations: 20 engravings
Number in series: 84
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: Unity Print Limited, 8 South Folds Road, Corby, Northants
Content: (two small vignettes of flowers inside front cover); Winter; (Dandelion); (Thistles); (sea shore scene); (shells, stones and seaweed); Shells and fossils; Sabrina; (water lillies); Western Island; October; Early teasel; (cliffs); One piece of chalk; Balsam roots; The only child; (Clematis?); (whelk shells); (lilies).
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: Two other titles were numbered 84: the 12th impression of the Dictionary of Queens and the second impression of the poems of William Cowper.
This could be the second impression. The only difference is the colour of the cover and it is 3 mm shorter.
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 132 x 94 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white glossy printed card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: Monica Poole
Internal illustrations: 20 engravings
Number in series: 84
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: Unity Print Limited, 8 South Folds Road, Coby, Northants
Content: (two small vignettes of flowers inside front cover); Winter; (Dandelion); (Thistles); (sea shore scene); (shells, stones and seaweed); Shells and fossils; Sabrina; (water lillies); Western Island; October; Early teasel; (cliffs); One piece of chalk; Balsam roots; The only child; (Clematis?); (whelk shells); (lilies).
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: Two other titles were numbered 84: the 12th impression of the Dictionary of Queens and the scond impression of the poems of William Cowper.
This could be the first edition. The only difference is the colour of the cover and it is 3 mm taller.