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Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 350 copies with frontispiece bookplate tipped in, from a total print run of 1,000. The British artist Reginald John "Rex" Whistler (1905-44) played an important role in the renaissance of bookplate design, and was equally successful in plates of simple dignity as he was in highly finished and elaborate designs on a very small scale. He was killed in action in Normandy during World War II. Octavo: 39 p. with the frontispiece and 41 plates. Original blue cloth binding, with black and gilt titles. A fine copy in the acetate dust wrapper, housed in the publisher's slipcase.
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The Bookplate Designs of Rex Whistler Hardcover - 1973
by Lee, B.N. ; Whistler, R
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- Title The Bookplate Designs of Rex Whistler
- Author Lee, B.N. ; Whistler, R
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Limited edition
- Pages 3-41 pp, 41 leaves of plates, fa
- Publisher Private Libraries Association for the Bookplate Society, Pinner, first edition, 1973, Middlesex
- Date 1973
- ISBN 9780900002427
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THE BOOKPLATE DESIGNS OF REX WHISTLER
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