Robert Gibbings — Trumpets from Montparnasse
London , J. M. Dent , 1955. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of engraver and writer Robert Gibbings' travels to France. Robert Gibbings was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor and for his books on travel and natural history.A first edition copy of Trumpets from Monparnasse where Gibbings travels to Paris, commentating and drawing with wit and humour. With eight colour plates and forty wood engravings by the author. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light marks to the spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. In the original unclipped dustwrapper which is slightly faded and marked. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Robert Gibbings. Very Good Indeed/Good.
