Arthur Szyk considered his work to be “Weapons of War.” He was sent to the United States in 1939 from London in order to help sway American opinion against the Nazis. The forward was written by American novelist Maxwell Struthers Burt. Published by the Heritage Press, an imprint of George Macy Companies, printing classics previously published by the Limited Edition Press. This work has a slipcase that matches the endpapers and is inscribed to Hugo R. Johnstone, American businessman and sportsman, with Johnstone’s signature at the back “Hugo R. Johnstone/Coronado/1946”. All the works are intact and vivid, printed on heavy weight paper with the plates engraved by the Knapp Engraving Company and printed by the Aldus Printers. Good Condition: small folio (12 1/2” x 9 1/2”): black Morocco with gilt lettering on spine and gilt top edge: hinge highly scuffed both front and rear: hand made endpapers matching slip case in abstract design of pink and orange : signed limited edition of 1000 inscribed to Hugo R. Johnstone: color frontispiece and six color plates with remaining plates sepia tone: corners a little scuffed and slightly rounded: some edge wear: slip case in orange and maroon scuffed at edges both open and rear: some peeling: “Ink and Blood: A Book of Drawings”: Arthur Szyk: Prefatory text by Struthers Burt: New York: Heritage Press: 1946
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