STANLEY SPENCER, AN ENGLISH VISION [Exhibition Selected by James T. Demetrion and Andrea Rose]. by Spencer, Stanley, Sir (Intro. MacCarthy) - 1997

Piccadilly Gallery, 1978. Paperback. Used: Good. Good, no marks, binding good; includes price sheet; 19th September - 14th October 1978Good

[New Haven, Conn.]: Yale University Press, 1997. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Small black ink ownership signature to front paste-down, else fine.. Multicolored quarto (white spine); xi, 194 p : illus (some color) ; 28 cm. Stanley Spencer, a central figure in the current revival of European figurative painting, is among the most important English painters of the twentieth century. In this book, Fiona MacCarthy investigates Spencer's life, sets his work in its cultural context, and emphasises the links between his life and his paintings. With the extensive commentary - edited from Spencer's own writings - on each of the stunning reproductions of Spencer's paintings, this volume provides a comprehensive account of a profoundly original artist and his work. -DJ || Art; Figurative painting, British -- Exhibitions.

Chatto & Windus. Good. 127 x 165mm. Paperback. 1984. 176 pages. Text tanned.<br> .

Chatto & Windus, 1984-05. Paperback. Good.

London : Royal Academy of Arts in association with Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 239 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Subjects; Spencer, Stanley Sir 1891-1959 ; Exhibitions. Spencer, Stanley Sir 1891-1959; history.

London : Tate Gallery, 1955. 1st edition. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 31 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Notes:Catalogue of an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London, 3 November - 18 December, 1955. Includes bibliography (page 30).Introduction by the artist.Contents: Partial contents Introduction / by Stanley Spencer, 17 August 1955.Subjects: Spencer, Stanley 1891-1959; Exhibitions.Art, British 20th century; Exhibitions. Painting, British. Genre: Catalogue.Illustrated.

London : Phaidon Press Limited, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 x 28 cm. Notes: Originally published: 1990. Revised and expanded edition of: Stanley Spencer: visions from a Berkshire village. Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-126) and index. Contents: Cookham -- War -- Burghclere -- Chapels in the air -- Exile -- Port Glasgow -- Fame. Subjects: Spencer, Stanley Sir 1891-1959; Painters England Biography; Painting, British 20th century; Painters ; Biography England; England; Water Colour Painting - England; Pre-raphaelites - Painting - England; Post-impressionism - Painting - England; Painting - England; Oil Paintings - England; Norwich School - Painting - England; Camden Town Group - Painting - England.

Oxford, London : Phaidon Press Ltd. , 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : 25 pages, 2 leaves mounted color frontispiece, illustrations (1 mounted color ; including portraits) 82 plates (including 3 mounted color) on 39 leaves 30 x 23 cm. Subjects : Spencer, Stanley Sir 1891-1959. Artists Great Britain 20th century. Artists England ; Biography. Painting, British. Painting, English.

HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. "For dearest Michael & Sam with very much love from Elizabeth & John" (Family inscription). 156pp. Black & white illustrations. Jacket not clipped..

Berkshire, January 20, 1950.. 2 pp. Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959), British painter. With tape residue along left front margin. From a collection of letters and papers amassed by illustrator and painter Geoffrey Robinson during his years as a publisher with Rockliff, John Baker, Maclaren, et al.