BENSEMANN, LEO [2 titles]
Fantastica; thirteen drawings by Leo Bensemann
The Caxton Press 1937, first edition. An edition of 125 copies, this copy unnumbered. Thirteen plates each with a transparent cover sheet with caption. 275mm, original black cloth with paper title label. light foxing to label. VG.
2. Simpson, Peter [signed]
Fantastica; The World of Leo Bensemann.
Auckland University Press 2011. 222p, illustrated throughout. Signed by author on title page. 256mm, green illustrated boards and DJK in protective cover, fine.
'Bensemann stood at the heart of New Zealand’s literary and cultural life from the 1930s to the 1980s as designer and illustrator at the Caxton Press, member of The Group and friend of Charles Brasch, Rita Angus, Douglas Lilburn, Lawrence Baigent, Denis Glover and Doris Lusk' [from DJ]