Ploughing, by Clare Leighton, Eng.-Amer., (1898-1989)

Wood Engraving, 1933, from The Farmer's Year, London, Collins & Co., First English Ed. of 20, there was an American Ed. of 60, BPL/ F.220, 7-1/2" x 10", light fading within mat opening, old hinges to top corners,  a backed edge tear along inside edge of top left hinge showing recto, well away from subject, some creasing in lower left margin corner, signed and titled in pencil, a beautifully inked, very fine impression of this much loved less often seen subject from one of Leighton's two most admired series, on thin cream wove japan paper 10-1/4 x 13-1/8, in the small earliest edition.