Edward Bawden's Kew Gardens Tapa dura - 2014

V & A. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2014. Hardback. 1851777792 . Dust jacket bright and stiff, slightly rubbed at base of spine; Illustrated paper boards, same wear at base of spine; Pages crisp, no ownership marks or annotation, richly illustrated in B&W and colour; Binding tight. This book draws on the painter and illustrator Edward Bawden's drawings, posters and linocuts of Kew Garden, produced over a period of 60 years. ; 6.25 x 9.25"; 128 pages .

Paperback. Very Good.

London: V&A Publishing, 2014 .. This book celebrates the delightful infatuation that Edward Bawden (1903-89), painter, illustrator and graphic artist...;" First edition with illustrated dustwrapper. pp.128 . Clean throughout with numerous coloured illustrations. VG/VG

This book draws on Edward Bawden's delightful illustrations, posters and linocuts of Kew Gardens made over 60 years. It presents a light-hearted social history of Kew, peopled with the many Hanoverian Kings, Queens and Princes who resided there, as well as courtiers such as the 3rd Earl of Bute, Joseph Banks Fulke Greville and their proteges including William Chambers, William Aiton, Fanny Burney and Sir William Hooker. Alongside Bawden's posters and linocuts, the book is illustrated with the contemporary caricatures of Rowlandson and Gillray as well as botanical illustrations by Franz Bauer and others. 128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. First edition, first printing. illustrated boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Victoria & Albert Museum. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

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