On the Illustrating of Books. From The Private Libraries Association Quarterly, July, 1957


By: Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)

Price: $250.00

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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

Author Name: Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)

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

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