"The Bookplate Designs Of Rex Whistler" 1973 LEE, Brian North
$450
LEE, Brian North
w/ 41 plates
Private Libraries Association
In publisher's slipcase
1973
Limited edition 350 copies w/ frontispiece bookplate tipped-in
10" x 6 3/8"
A comprehensive catalogue of Whistler's ex libris book plates. Each printed plate is catalogued and illustrated, as well as several preparatory sketches and unrealised designs. An introductory essay and individual notes are included. Whistler designed bookplates for many well known figures and patrons, including Duff and Diana Cooper, George Sitwell, and Loelia, Duchess of Westminster. They are now highly collectable and this book is essential reference.
Brian North Lee. Private Libraries Association for the Bookplate Society. Middlesex. 1973. One of 350 copies with tipped-in frontispiece. Hardback, octavo; blue cloth-bound boards with decorative title to spine, transparent protective jacket 42 pages. Frontispiece, decorative title-page and 41 hors texte plates. English. 255 x 160mm. 0.65kg
Fine