Dictionary Of British Book Illustrators: Twentieth Century -

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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… Read More

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… Read More

London, U.K: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1983. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback.

London: John Murray, 1983. With bookplate designed by Reynolds Stone (1909-1979) of Brian Douglas Stilwell on the front pastedown endpaper. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Very Good condition in a lightly rubbed Very Good dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped (£30 net). Bump to bottom corner (NO text or illustrations are affected). Biography and selected bibliography by Brigid Peppin & Lucy Micklethwait for 800 illustrators including Helen Bannerman, Harry Clarke, Walter Crane, Dulac, Hugh Lofting, Kay Nielsen, Rackham, the Robinsons, etc. 7.75" wide by 10.75" tall. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Stone, Reynolds (bookplate by). 336pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

London : Murray, 1983. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Spine of dw sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 336 pages; 336 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Subjects: Illustration of books - Great Britain. Illustrators - Great Britain - Biography - Dictionaries.

. Very Good. 0719539854. John Murray Publishers 1983, bright clean copy, no markings, with dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1983. Hardcover.

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… Read More

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… Read More