List of Illustrations p. xiv Abbreviations p. xxii Introduction p. 1 The Background Wood-Engraving and Wood-Engravers p. 7 The Role of Illustration p. 14 The English Tradition: Historical Background up to c.1900 p. 17 Early English Woodcuts p. 18 Thomas Bewick p. 21 The Victorian Reproductive Engravers p. 23 William Blake and Edward Calvert p. 25 Joseph Crawhall, William Nicholson, and Edward Gordon Craig p. 26 William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement p. 33 The Vale Group: Charles Ricketts, Lucien Pissarro, and Thomas Sturge Moore p. 37 British and Continental Illustration around 1900 p. 43 Contemporary Influences on the Wood-Engraving Revival Pioneering Wood-Engravers, 1904-1920 p. 51 Early Teaching: Sydney Lee, Noel Rooke, and the Central School of Arts and Crafts p. 51 Eric Gill, David Jones, and the St Dominic's Press Illustrators: The Early Years p. 59 Gwen Raverat: First Phase p. 76 Modernist Trends p. 85 Edward Wadsworth and Vorticism p. 86 Robert Gibbings p. 91 The Bloomsbury Group p. 94 Paul and John Nash p. 99 Edward Gordon Craig p. 104 The Beginnings of Recognition p. 110 The Society of Wood Engravers and the English Wood-Engraving Society p. 110 Art School Teaching p. 116 Champions of the Cause: Dealers, Collectors, Critics, and Writers p. 119 Commercial Art: Illustrated Periodicals and Advertisements p. 122 Publishing and Wood-Engraved Book Illustration p. 128 The Typographical Renaissance p. 128 Private Presses p. 133 The Golden Cockerel Press p. 140 The Gregynog Press p. 142 The Nonesuch Press p. 147 The Shakespeare Head Press p. 148 Smaller Private Presses p. 149 Commercial Publishers p. 155 A Critical Analysis of British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration, 1920-1940 New Approaches to Wood-Engraving p. 165 Bold Beginnings: Noel Rooke and his Early Pupils p. 171 John Farleigh: Early Work p. 186 The Painterly Style: Gwen Raverat's Later Work, Stephen Bone, C. T. Nightingale, and p. 200 Alex Buckels The Hard-Edged Typographic Approach p. 216 Robert Gibbings: Later Work p. 216 Eric Gill: Later Work p. 227 Followers of Eric Gill: Philip Hagreen, Thomas Derrick, and Mary Dudley Short p. 247 The Expressive Approach p. 253 David Jones: Later Work p. 253 Paul Nash and his Influence at the Royal College of Art p. 260 Douglas Percy Bliss p. 270 Eric Ravilious p. 276 Enid Marx, Helen Binyon, John O'Connor, and Geoffrey Wales p. 293 Tirzah Garwood and Hester Sainsbury p. 297 John Nash: Later Work p. 303 Ethelbert White, Clifford Webb, Norman Janes, and Others p. 311 The Grosvenor School of Modern Art: Iain Macnab and his Pupils p. 321 The Sinuous Line: A Tonal Approach p. 330 The Underwood School and its Followers p. 330 Leon Underwood p. 333 Blair Hughes-Stanton p. 338 Gertrude Hermes p. 350 John Farleigh: Late Work p. 359 Late Golden Cockerel Press Illustrators: Lettice Sandford, John Buckland Wright, p. 364 Mary Groom, and Dorothea Braby Two Innovative Illustrators of Nature and Rural Life p. 374 Clare Leighton p. 374 Agnes Miller Parker p. 382 Conclusion p. 395 Select Bibliography p. 401 Index p. 421 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission..