EDWARD BAWDEN'S LONDON.

UK,Qrto s/back Original,1st edn.[Paperback/softback Originals denote the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back/softback originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,matt, colour photographic illustrated front cover with brown and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,Qrto wraps,p/back original,1st edn,7-159pp [paginated] includes Edward Bawden's London profusely illustrated throughout with his colour+b/w illustrations,notes and sources,The Changing Face of London,Plates,a chronology; plus [unpaginted] title page,illustrated title page,contents list/table with colour illustrated frntis to its verso and picture credits and acknowledgements as last page.
This book celebrates the singular vision of Britain's capital city by Edward Bawden (1903-1989),painter,illustrator and graphic artist.
With over 200 illustrations,the book draws together the best of Bawden's prints,posters,paintings,murals and advertising illustration,as well as previously unpublished material from Bawden's personal scrapbooks.It includes works from his student days at the Royal College of Art in the 1920s,to the Morley college murals in partnership with Eric Ravilious and Charles Mahoney,to the remarkable 45-foot concertina mural created for the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the 1951 Festival of Britain.Edward Bawden's prolific career also spanned advertising work for London Transport,Fortnum & Mason,Twinnings and Shell,as well as a series of exquisite lino-cuts and lithographs. This book captures the magic of London as seen through Bawden's eyes and beautifully illustrates how the enduringly modern spirit of his work came to be stamped so firmly on the public's consciousness. Edward Bawden (1903-1989) Born Braintree,Essex.Studied at Cambridge School of Art and the Royal College of Art (1922),where he worked under Paul Nash* and was a contemporary and close friend of Eric Ravilious* and Douglas Percy Bliss.After gaining his Diploma in Book Illustration (1925),he continued to study engraving and book binding at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.Part time teacher of Graphic Design at the Royal College of Art (from 1930) and later at the Royal Academy Schools and Goldsmiths College School of Art.He worked regularly for the Curwen Press in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Edward Bawden is a designer and illustrator of great originality with wide experience of different techniques and methods of reproduction.For illustration he draws in pen and ink with washes of clear colour on non- absorbent paper,but he also worked with lithography,lino-cuts and occasionally stencils.An inspired and incisive draughtsman,he uses line with economy and a sharp wit.He has also produced delightful and accomplished water colours of Essex landscapes.As an official war artist,working with the British Army in France in 1940,he made a series of sensitive drawings,some of the best representing the battered harbour at Dunkirk; his later war work in the Middle East was even more descriptively powerful. Prize winner in the Francis Williams Book Illustration Award for 1977 and 1982.He produced work for various periodicals and magazines: Curwen Press Newsletter,House & Garden, The Listener and Vogue.Elected RA (1956). Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
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