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BRADSHAW, PERCY B. THE
ART OF THE ILLUSTRATOR. F. Matania and his work. FM by
Percy B. Bradshaw. Issued by The Press Art School, Tudor
Hall, Forest Hill, London.
Folio. 16 x 11 ins. 12 pp. with signed photograph of
FM in his studio + 6 tipped in plates of the different
stages of the composition of FM’s picture - "A
Belgian Barricade" Original printed grey wrappers.
A fine example - part of the twenty part series -
"The Art of the Illustrator"
Percy B. Bradshaw introduces Matania’s methods in
constructing his fine large illustrations in "The
Sphere" - the technique is then illustrated in six
plates which show the progress of the illustration through
from the first drawing to the completed picture.
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£ 85.00 |
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IN THE DRAMATIC DUST
WRAPPER
BRADSHAW, STANLEY ORTON. FLYING MEMORIES. John
Hamilton, (1939).
4to. With 48 plates by the author, each with one
page of descriptive text. Orig. cloth in the very rare
dust wrapper designed by the author - with the dramatic
image of a Zeppelin caught in searchlights over
London.
Bradshaw was without doubt one of the best artists of
the air warfare of the Great War. A very good copy of one
of the great aviation books of the war. |
£ 225.00 |
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BRICE, BEATRIX. THE
BATTLE BOOK OF YPRES. Compiled by Beatrix Brice. With the
Assistance of Lieut. General Sir William Pulteney. John
Murray, First Edition, 1927.
273 pp with folding map and 3 plates (1 coloured).
Orig. decorated cloth, gilt.
Original edition of the famous memorial books of the
Ypres salient - the coloured plate is after the painting
by Sir D.Y. Cameron of the battlefield of Ypres. |
£ 45.00 |
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54. |
BRIDGEWATER, PATRICK. THE
GERMAN POETS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Croom Helm, 1985.
209 pp. Orig. cloth, gilt in D/W. Detailed
examination of individual poets with text of the poems in
both German and English. |
£ 45.00 |
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BRISCOE, WALTER A. AND H.
RUSSELL STANNARD. CAPTAIN BALL V.C. The Career of Flight
Commander Ball V.C., D.S.O. Herbert Jenkins, 1918.
320 pp. with 16 photo plates. Orig. red cloth, lacks
first front end paper but a very good copy.
First edition of this early biography of the great
British air ace.
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£ 45.00 |
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BRITISH ARTISTS AT THE
FRONT. PAUL NASH. With an introduction by John Salis and
C.E. Montague. Country Life, 1918.
Folio. (8) pp. and 15 colour plates by Paul Nash. Orig.
pictorial, coloured wrappers.
The scarce third part of the series displaying the
British war artists - the plates show most of his most
famous works - an extraordinary and powerful view of the
Western Front. |
£ 175.00 |
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BRITISH ARTISTS AT THE
FRONT. SIR JOHN LAVERY. With an Introduction by Robert
Ross and C.E. Montague. Country Life, 1918.
Folio. (9) pp. with 15 colour plates by Lavery.
Original pictorial coloured wrappers.
Fine renditions of the home front - airships, coastal
defence batteries, building tanks etc. |
£ 125.00 |
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BRITISH ARTISTS AT THE
FRONT - C.R.W. NEVINSON. With Introductions by Campbell
Dodgson and C.E. Montague. Country Life, 1918.
4to. (9) pp. and 15 colour plates by Nevinson. Orig.
printed wrappers.
Very fine war art - includes "Reliefs at
Dawn", "Bursting Shell" and "A Group
of Soldiers". |
£ 175.00 |
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BRITISH DOMINIONS YEAR
BOOK, THE. 1917. British Dominions Insurance Co., 1917
384 pp. with maps and colour plates. Orig. decorated
cloth. Sl. wear.
The 1917 issue of the Handbook to the war. |
£ 25.00 |
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60. |
BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE
LEAGUE. "LEST WE FORGET" "OUR EMPIRE"
SOUVENIR DIARY.
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY. 1928. COMPILED AND PRODUCED BY
CAPTAIN DONALD SIMSON. PATRON H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
GRAND PRESIDENT FILED MARSHALL EARL HAIG. Empire House,
London, 1928.
138 pp. with portraits and photos within the adverts.,
and facsimile dedications from the Patrons tipped in at
the front. Full soft red morocco gilt. A fine copy.
A scarce luxury diary for 1928 produced some ten years
since the Armistice by the B.E.S.L. which was set up after
the war - "To perpetuate the memory of the gallant
men and women who have suffered or died for the
Empire". This copy is unused and throughout the
calendar anniversaries of actions during the war are
noted.
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£ 65.00 |
