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Dictionary of British Book Illustrators : The Twentieth Century
by Peppin, B.; Micklethwait, L
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in a dustwrapper which is sunned on the spine and top edge
- ISBN 10
- 0719539854
- ISBN 13
- 9780719539855
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About This Item
John Murray, London, first edition, 1983. Cloth, 4to,. 336 pp, ills. The first comprehensive reference work on twentieth-century book illustration in Britain, this dictionary covers over eight hundred illustrators whose work was first published in Britain. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and each includes biographical information, a brief discussion of subjects and style, lists of periodicals to which the artist has contributed and of books illustrated, and a detailed reference bibliography. Some three hundred and fifty of the entries are accompanied by an example of the illustrator's work. The scope of the dictionary is so wide that it includes not just influential illustrators ranging from Eric Gill to Mabel Lucie Attwell but also a multitude of less celebrated figures and artists whose work falls only in part within the hook's limits of subjects and timespan. The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators: The Twentieth Century will be an indispensable work of reference for book collectors and dealers, and for anyone who is interested in graphic art or simply enjoys illustrated books." - from the blurb. Very Good in a dustwrapper which is sunned on the spine and top edge.
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- Title
- Dictionary of British Book Illustrators : The Twentieth Century
- Author
- Peppin, B.; Micklethwait, L
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, 4to,
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in a dustwrapper which is sunned on the spine and top edge
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0719539854
- ISBN 13
- 9780719539855
- Publisher
- John Murray, London, first edition, 1983
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 336 pp, ills
- Keywords
- Illustrators Great Britain - Biography Illustration of books Illustrators - Great Britain - Biography British illustrations, Illustrations for books, 1900-1980 - Biographies Dictionaries. Illustrators: British Book Illustration - Biographical Dictionaries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts & Illustration;
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