BONE, Gertrude, author; BONE, Stephen, illustrator. Of the Western Isles, inscribed copy with letters from author and illustrator. London: T. N. Foulis, 1925. 4to. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut frontispiece signed by the illustrator, numerous intertextual woodcut illustrations. Publisher?s cloth backed pictorial boards, printed paper spine label (chipped), illustrated endpapers (covers toned or with pale staining). INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN AND GERTRUDE BONE on ffep to Edmund Hort New with bookplate. [Together with:] three autograph letters to Mr. New by Stephen and Gertrude Bone laid in, each thanking him for his gifts that were sent on three separate occasions. In one letter, Stephen writes to Mr. New, apologizing for not writing him back: ?I am nowadays very reluctant to write anything as I have to draw such a lot and my fingers get so tired!? Included with a 4pp. prospectus pamphlet for Children?s Children INSCRIBED by Muirhead Bone, artist and husband to Gertrude. Provenance: Previously owned by the renowned English artist, Edmund Hort New.