Frank Brangwyn; Hugh Stokes; M. Paul Lambotte [Intro.] — Belgium

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1916. Cloth. A smart signed limited edition of Brangwyn"s Belgium, a powerful visual record of wartime devastation, illustrated with etchings throughout. In the publisher's original white cloth binding. A limited edition being copy number 56 A. of one hundred and sixty copies, of which one hundred and fifty are for sale. Signed by Brangwyn to the limitation page. A striking work responding to the devastation of Belgium during the First World War, with images conveying both the destruction of towns and the endurance of its people, issued as part of wartime efforts to raise awareness and support for Belgium following the German invasion of 1914.With fifty-two etchings, including twenty-eight plates and a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original white cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. ONe or two minor handling marks to boards with light soiling to perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two light spots. Signed by the author to the limitation page. Very Good . Ill.: Frank Brangwyn. Very Good .