War Pictures by British Artists
RICHMOND,, Sir Herbert, J. B., MORTON,, H. E., BATES, Colin, COOTE.
War at Sea [with] Blitz [with] R.A.F [with] Army. [Series I complete].
COMPLETE FIRST SERIES IN FULL MOROCCO
Published: Oxford University Press, 1942
Stock code: 17871
Price: £420.00
4 works in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text, three volumes with neat signatures on front free endpapers; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, ALL ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive volume ideal as a gift or for presentation.
No.1: War at Sea; No. 2: Blitz; No. 3: R.A.F.; No. 4: Army. Complete set of the first series with fine reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period, including (among many others) Ardizzone, Bawden, Bone, Kennington, Moore, Nash, Piper, Ravilious, Rothenstein, Spencer, Sutherland, Topolski and Worsley. A second series (dealing primarily with the Home Front) was published separately in the following year. UNCOMMON AS A SET AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Eads, A43 (recording H. E. Bates' introduction to 'RAF').