Fallbrook, CA: The Weather Bird Press, 1986.
Narrow 8vo. 8 1/2 x 4 9/16 inches. [x], (14 last blank) pp. Half-title, title-page vignette, 4 illustrations in the text; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards, sewn head-bands, spine titled in gilt, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight, light shelf wear and toning to jacket. SCARCE. LG223-001. Very Good.
LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed with Linotype Scotch on Rives buff wove paper, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, bound by Bela Blau. "Unlike his contemporaries, Bawden, Freedman and Ravilious, Ardizzone was not touched by cubist influence and, by comparison, their sophisticated styles make his work appear to be almost naive or quant. Ardizzone's work is always warm with classicism and touches of Rowlandson, and somehow seems familiar to us." From Vance Gerry's Introduction. Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone was an English painter, print-maker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children.
REFERENCES: Butcher, "Checklist," in Vance Gerry & The Weather Bird Press, No. 80; Gerry, Twenty-five Years, No. 63.
Title: On the Illustrating of Books. From The Private Libraries Association Quarterly, July, 1957
Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies
Created: 1986
Country of Origin: United States
Illustrator: Edward Ardizzone
Location Published: Fallbrook, CA, Weather Bird Press: 1986
Binding: Quarter black cloth, patterned paper over boards,
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good dust-jacket, otherwise fine
Size: Narrow 8vo. 8 1/2 x 4 9/16 inches
Type: Book
Categories: Art, Books, Fine Press
Seller ID: LG223-001
Keywords: edward ardizzone, fine press, limited edition, on the illustrating of books, weather bird press