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Twelve by Eight Press.- Lubbock (J.G.) Reflections from the Sea, one of 85 copies, inscribed to John & Betty Maggs, Leicester, 1971.

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Twelve by Eight Press.- Lubbock (J.G.) Reflections from the Sea, number 46 of 85 copies on handmade paper and signed by the author/artist, signed presentation copy from the author to John & Betty Maggs inscribed on half-title, engraved, etched and aquatint plates printed in colours with some finished by hand, printed note on paper used for the endpapers loosely inserted, original blue morocco with design of swallow flying above the waves in gilt on upper cover, by George Percival, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, marbled board slip-case, 4to, Leicester, printed at the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge for The Twelve by Eight Press, 1971.

⁂ "For the themes of the prints and the thoughts in the text the artist seeks to express some facets of his love of the coastlines, estuaries, and offshore islands, and in doing so draws on this association with the natural history of the estuary where he lives and on his memories of storms and calms, night watches and landfalls when sailing and navigating small craft on sea passages."

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Twelve by Eight Press.- Lubbock (J.G.) Reflections from the Sea, number 46 of 85 copies on handmade paper and signed by the author/artist, signed presentation copy from the author to John & Betty Maggs inscribed on half-title, engraved, etched and aquatint plates printed in colours with some finished by hand, printed note on paper used for the endpapers loosely inserted, original blue morocco with design of swallow flying above the waves in gilt on upper cover, by George Percival, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, marbled board slip-case, 4to, Leicester, printed at the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge for The Twelve by Eight Press, 1971.

⁂ "For the themes of the prints and the thoughts in the text the artist seeks to express some facets of his love of the coastlines, estuaries, and offshore islands, and in doing so draws on this association with the natural history of the estuary where he lives and on his memories of storms and calms, night watches and landfalls when sailing and navigating small craft on sea passages."

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