Pears Annual 1926 . -

A & F Pears, London, 1926.. in-folio, demi-toileà coins (le premier mors est fendu sur 11 cm).Revue annuelle dont la couverture est illustrée par E.A. Cox, un artiste qui avait déjà produit des affiches pour les Transports londoniens. Nombreuses figures in et hors texte en noir ou en couleurs par Webster Murray, Arthur Watts, Charles Robinson, Maurice Greiffenhagen, Bert Thomas, F.A Taylor, A.K. Macdonald, John Austen, Kennedy NOrth et G.H. Heath. Envoi manuscrit sur la première garde volante.-------------------------, in- folio, half canevas (tear on the outer joint on 11 cm).Annual magazine with the first cover illustrated by E.A. Cox, an artist who also produced posters at this time for London Transport. Numerous figures and full pages illustrations in black or in colour by Webster Murray, Arthur Watts, Charles Robinson, Maurice Greiffenhagen, Bert Thomas, F.A Taylor, A.K. Macdonald, John Austen, Kennedy North. G.H. Heath. It's a lavish production issued annually by the soap manufacturer, or rather Lever Brothers, the parent company. The publication was produced on the presses of the Sun Engraving Company, a firm that became synonymous with the development of colour and litho printing in the mid-20th century, and the spread of 'glossy' mags at the time, aimed at the growing middle classes and their disposable income. Handwritten envoi on the first free endpaper.