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314 - Tunnicliffe (Charles Frederick) [11 Original Woodblocks of Engravings for a variety of books], including Tarka the Otter, The Old Stag, The Star-Born, The Lone Swallows, and The Peregrine's Saga, blocks approx. between 125 x 190 mm and 140 x 90 mm, with a few pools from the blocks, [c.1930s]; and a later edition of Tarka the Otter illustrated by the artist, v.s. (12)
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Tunnicliffe (Charles Frederick) [11 Original Woodblocks of Engravings for a variety of books], including Tarka the Otter, The Old Stag, The Star-Born, The Lone Swallows, and The Peregrine's Saga, blocks approx. between 125 x 190 mm and 140 x 90 mm, with a few pools from the blocks, [c.1930s]; and a later edition of Tarka the Otter illustrated by the artist, v.s. (12) *** The woodblocks are listed as follows, except for one which is not in Meyrick and Heuser catalogue raisonné, which depicts hunters and their dogs, potentially a rejected woodblock for The Old Stag. From Tarka the Otter: "Bitch Playing with Cubs", 177; "Wild Swans off the Crow Neck", 184; "Deadlock", 193. The Old Stag: "To the Meet at Brendon Two-Gates", 214; "Fox Listening to Hounds Pursuing", 225. The Star-Born: "Keeorich and the Star-born", 242; "Eldrich and the Water Spirit", 261 The Lone Swallows: "The Sound of Old Tins", 275; "The Land was Sold and the Trees Cut Down", 288 The Peregrine Saga: "Halbert up the Chestnut Tree", 302
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