Rex Whistler: Hist Life and His Drawings
by Laurence Whistler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Art and Technics, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 7". Rex Whistler. A very smart first edition of this biographical sketch of Rex Whistler, by his brother. With inscription and drawing from Christopher Fry. First edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and forty-eight plates, with many in-text drawings. Collated complete. A biographical sketch of Rex Whistler, a British artist, who painted murals and society portraits, and designed theatrical costumes, with examples of his work. Written by his brother, Sir Alan Charles Laurence Whistler, a British glass engraver and poet who was the first recipient of the King's Gold Medal for Poetry. With an inscription and drawing to the front endpaper by Christopher Fry, an English poet and playwright considered a major force in theatre during the 1940s and 1950s. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 855T69
- Title
- Rex Whistler: Hist Life and His Drawings
- Author
- Laurence Whistler
- Illustrator
- Rex Whistler
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Art and Technics
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 9" by 7"
- Keywords
- Rex Whistler Life Drawings Laurence Whistler Life
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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