Armida Maria-Theresa Colt (Author), George Mackley (Illustrations) Weeds and Wild Flowers: Some Irreverent Words – 2 volumes 11¾x9. SIGNED by the Illustrator. Cloth-backed yellow art-paper boards, slipcase. Near Fine in very good or better slipcase. 2 volumes: book & portfolio with plates. 54 pp, black and white illustrations from wood engravings; portfolio with paper flaps holding 11 plates engraved on wood by George Mackley. 217 of 250 copies. Signed in the rear colophon by George Mackley. Beautifully illustrated work on the ugly ducklings of the plant world, weeds and wildflowers. Exhibited at The Grolier Club as one of the best books created in the Twentieth Century. George Edward Mackley MBE (born 1900 in Huntingdon, died 1983 in Tonbridge, Kent) was an English wood engraving artist. Mackley’s Wood Engraving published in 1948 remains one of the leading manuals of engraving techniques. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “aziomedia” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam.

• Year Printed: 1965
• Topic: Ecology, Environment
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: George Mackley
• Author: Armida Maria-Theresa Colt
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Publisher: Two-Horse Press
• Place of Publication: London
• Special Attributes: Signed, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered