Hannes Bok portfolio with postcard in front of it

Thansk to Rob and Ray for the description below which I got on ebay..

DESCRIPTION: I'm very pleased to offer a very rare portfolio by the great Hannes Bok (1914-1964). Bok's real name was Wayne Woodard, and he was most well known for his incredible SF related illustrations, which adorned the covers of over 150 pulps and magazines, in addition to the hundreds of black and white interior illustrations. Bok was known for a wonderfully stylized manner of illustration, combined with a time-intensive glazing technique on his paintings, which created a strong color richness. In order to describe the "artfolio" properly, I'm going to rely on the expertise of comic art collector extraordinaire, Ray Cuthbert, who provided the following, as found in "The Hannes Bok Illustration Index" by Cuyler W. (Ned) Brooks Jr. Ray's father, Chester D. Cuthbert, aided in the creation of the index. Thanks Ray!

"Utopia Publications - A set of ten prints first announced in 1947 but not distributed until 1948. The cover is not by Bok. Utopia Publications was directed by Charles McNutt (who later changed his name to Charles Beaumont) in Los Angeles. The plates are 8.5x11 inches with borders, except for the first two on sheets about 7x8 with no border. Originally advertised at $1.50. They were used with: The Haunted Hour, Weird Tales, Nov'41, p.105; The Yellow Sign, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Sep'43, p.130 (the `hidden faces' picture), dated 1943; Girl and moth-like creature, Journey's End, Super Science Stories, May'43, p.118, dated 1942; Crouching bat-winged figure with dog-like creature in foreground, Something Out There, Weird Tales, Jan'51, p.50, dated 1940; humanoid in conventional suit, playing wind instrument while holding mouse with spectacles on his right palm, Jitterbug, Stirring Science Stories, Jun'41, p.48; Man in conventional dress seated on stone block reading book, with winged serpent, said to be a portrait of Bob Tucker (also appears in the artfolio in And Flights of Angels) dated 1947 - but the same image with the name `Jack Grubel' on the stone appears as a bookplate; feline humanoid with bow on tail reading from long scroll; woman threatening antennaed humanoid with mouse sitting on her palm, Stone Men of Ignota, Future Fiction, Aug'41, p.69; female figure probably symbolizing the wind; nude female figure and four demons, dated 1945-1946. Note: Roy Squires offered for sale a copy of this artfolio with an eleventh plate. This plate shows a string of bubbles and cylinders trailing off from a group consisting of two winged humanoids and three jointed-armed robots, said to be titled `Space Junk'."

Now, this portfolio does have the eleventh plate as mentioned above. But more importantly, the cover of the portfolio is signed and inscribed by Bok, to Ray Caracher. In addition, there is a postcard to Caracher from Bok, from 1948, that is signed "Hannes", and adorned with a pencil drawing of a rabbit. There is also a typed, signed letter from Bok, undated. Bok drew a head of mouse in ink, right above his signature on the letter. Besides the rarity of the portfolio alone (I could only find a 1970s reprint online), the signed cover, and two signed letters, make this a wonderful and small treasure trove. A great lot for the Hannes Bok collector.