Richard Shaef has recently sent me some scans of the final four Benwig books produced by Wood which I'm reproducing here as they seem to be quite scarce -- I don't recall ever seeing them; mind you, in 1970 I was more likely to be lurking around the fiction shelves of our local library than the non-fiction.
These were the last four published, undated but probably in 1971. It is known that Benwig filed their last returns in 1970/71 and probably went out of business following the publication of these last books. The company remained in existence, although inactive, until 1995. Ashwell Wood died in 1973.(* My thanks to Richard for the scans. Two further titles can be seen in the original post, linked above.)
I may have information on Leslie Ashwell Wood that could be of interest as I bought the household contents of his widow Florence when she died in Ipswich in the early eighties, I do have some old diaries of his as well as original artwork for various publications and possibly other paperwork which I will look out if there is any interest. I have a picture which is rather Art Nouveau in style of a young woman which is signed L Wood 23, as it is rather too sophisticated to be by a 10 year old I believe that it may disprove the speculated 1913 year of birth!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the information -- I'd certainly love to know more if you get a chance to look through his diaries and paperwork. Perhaps you could drop me a line direct at the address at the top of the page (just under the ghastly photo).
Thank goodness that I *seem* to have saved all my L. A-W books from my parents ghastly purges over the years.
ReplyDeleteStill coming in useful today. I am writing a novel where a shoot-out take place on a container ship. What is the basic layout of such a vessel?
L A-W came to the rescue!
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Hello, it's a lot of time since the last comment, hoping to receive an answer! i'm writing from Italy and I am really fond of LAW works, someone can tell me where can I buy - beside the illustration gallery, I already have bought some - original art? many thanks in advance, ciao, Marco
ReplyDeleteI have some original artwork mainly from the Benwig books if you are interested Marco?
ReplyDeleteHello Florence I would be interested in any artwork or other items you may have. How can i contact you?
ReplyDeleteHi Colin, drop me an email at lynnyoung323232@gmail.com
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