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Almost 300 were engraved between 1960 and 1989 for Faber & Faber, Oxford University Press,
The Folio Society, The Libanus Press and The Limited Editions Club of New York.
There are numerous signed and numbered limited editions of prints available
which can be viewed at the artist's studio. Prices are generaly between £50 and £100.
About 30 of these are bookplates and there are also fine proofs of 30 or more line-drawn
bookplates also available to collectors.

A complete catalogue of 288 wood engravings are listed in
The Wood Engravings of Richard Shirley Smith 1994, available from the artist.
The following are available as limited editions on fine papers, signed and numbered.
(Original prints from the wood blocks)

For further information on viewing or purchasing please contact the artist.
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Ivory crozier 10cm x 9cm 1963 - Limited edition of 100 Dust jacket design for ---- The English Church 1000-1066 by F.Barlow, Longmans, 1963.

43

St Francis 10.75cm x 7.5cm 1963 - Limited edition of 100 Dustjacket design for - The Writings of St Francis of Assisi, Burns and Oats, 1963.

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67

10 engravings for The Darkening Green by E.Clarke, Faber & Faber, 1964. - All 10 engravings are arranged on one page in a limited edition of 100.

134

Upper Upham, for John Anstey 6.5cm x 9.5cm 1968. - Limited edition of 60, 1980.

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12 portrait engravings for Letters to his son by the Earl of Chesterfield, ---------- Folio-society. - Limited editions of 60 of 2 men 5.75cm x 9.5cm and 2 women 5.5cm x 9.75cm, 1973 Pearwood.

231

Bookplate for James Ley Wilson 8cm x 6cm 1974. - Limited edition of 60.

232

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Bookplate for James Ley Wilson 8cm x 6cm 1974. - Limited edition of 60.

233

Bookplate for Sir George Taylor 9.5cm x 7cm 1974. - Limited edition of 60.

237a

Horsenden Manor for Mrs J.Gourlay 6cm x 10cm 1976. - Limited edition of 60.

240

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Churchyard 4cm x 7.5cm 1977. - For Six Hampshire Epitaphs, Gruffyground Press, 1977. Limited edition of 50. Second edition of 50 (Roman numerals)

242

Bookplate for Auberon Waugh 9.5cm x 7.25cm 1978. - Limited edition of 100.

243

Doric detail for invitation card 8.25cm x 4.25cm 1978. - Limited edition of 60.

244

Bookplate for A.K.Petford 7.25cm x 5.5cm 1979. - Limited edition of 100.

246

Bookplate for P.& D.Colnaghi 7.5cm x 10cm 1980. - Limited edition of 100.

247

Bookplate for Iain Bain 10.75cm x 7.25cm 1980. - Limited edition of 80.

248

Bookplate for Adrian Sassoon 7.25cm x 10cm 1980. - Limited edition of 100.

250

Winfrith Court for Anthony Jaggard 7cm x 10.5cm 1980. - Limited edition of 80.

251

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Frontispiece 'Rhinoceros Beetle' 12cm x 9.5cm 1978 Pearwood. For Buzz Buzz, poems by John Heath-Stubbs, Gruffyground Press, 1981. - Limited edition of 100, 1978.

253

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Small bookplate for Iain Bain 4.75cm x 6.75cm 1983. - Limited edition of 100.

254

Bookplate for John Loch 10.25cm x 7.75cm 1983. - Limited edition of 100.

255

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Bookplate for Ann Stevens 11.25cm x 7.5cm 1983. - Limited edition of 100.

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258

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Two engravings for Vines by D.Burnett, Rocket Press, 1984. - Limited edition of 100 each of Thias 9cm x 6.25cm and Girl's Head 7.25cm x 6.25cm. Second edition of 50 to accompany spscial copies of the book (Roman numerals)

259

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Bookplate for Brian North Lea 12cm x 9.5cm 1984. - Limited edition of 100.

262

Bookplate for Raymond and Pamela Lister 8.75cm x 6.5cm 1984. - Limited edition of 100.

263

Bookplate for David Profumo 9.5cm x 8cm 1984. - Limited edition of 100.

18 engravings, engraved between 1977 and 1983, for Messer Pietro Mio were published in 1985 by the Libanus Press. Limited edition of 100. Circa 25 Solander cases with printed labels containing 17 engravings in 12 mounts were made.

 

266

Hands 2cm x 5.25cm.

267

Altar 5.75cm x 4.5cm.

272

Bembo funerary arms 6cm x 9.25cm.

273

Lucrezia Borgia 7.75cm x 5.25cm.

274

Pietro Bembo 7.75cm x 4.75cm.

277

Preface 4.5cm x 11cm.

278

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Este Tomb 7cm x 11.25cm.

279

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Triumph of death 7.5cm x 11.25cm.

280

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Lucrezia mourning 7.75cm x 11cm.

281

Heart pendant 4.75cm x 3.5cm.

283

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Two Fantastics 12cm x 9cm 1984 Pearwood.

284

Bookplate for Mrs H.Keswick 11cm x 7.5cm 1988. - Limited edition of 100.

4 chapter headings for Julian Berry 5.5cm x 9.5cm 1989 for Enchanting paths to paradise by C.Thacker (unpublished) St Barnabus Press. - Limited of 100 each.

 

285

Painshill.

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Stourhead.

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Fonthill Splendens.

288

Fonthill Abbey.

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