London: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall. Knight, Dame Laura. 128pp. 1988. First edition. 4to. A lovely, clean, tight near fine copy in a very good jacket. Original publisher's red boards - gilt embossed to the spine. No inscriptions. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions - many in colour after the artist's work. The jacket has not been price-clipped and has slight shelf wear to the rear panel and a very fine, short entirely closed split in the outer laminate towards the tail of the spine. This copy also has a small, thin photo album included with four (reproduced - not originals) photographs of Ruby Loftus - the wartime machine engineer made famous by Dame Laura Knight - two of these images include Dame Laura Knight. A lovely well preserved copy.

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Bookseller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 236157
Title: Dame Laura Knight
Author: Fox, Caroline
Illustrator: Knight, Dame Laura
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 071482447X
ISBN 13: 9780714824475
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1988
Size: 4to - over 9Â¾"
X weight: 37 oz

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