A Check-List of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright - 1968

This copy of the Limited Edition (1,400 copies printed, 700 for sale) of A Check-List of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, Together with a Personal Memoir by Anthony Reid was published in 1968 by the Private Libraries Association of Pinner, Middlesex, UK and printed and bound in Great Britain. The book, which measures approximately 6 ¼ x 10 inches, contains 94 pages of text and illustrations (18 illustrations), followed by an additional 16 pages of full-page plates – all dedicated to the life and artistic works of John Buckland Wright.

The book is hard bound in blue cloth covered boards, with a gilt illustration on the front cover and red and gilt printing on the spine. There is no dust jacket. The book is in like new condition.

The illustrations accompanying this description show the book's covers, a 2-page spread showing the frontispiece and the Title page, the first page of the Memoir, a typical 2-page spread of text and illustration, and a typical full-page plate.

John Buckland Wright (1897–1954) was a painter and draughtsman, but primarily an etcher and engraver who was self-taught. He was born on in Dunedin, New Zealand and moved to England in 1908. His work is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and many galleries and museums in Europe and America. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. A master printmaker with an assured, swirling line, Buckland Wright passed on his skills after World War II when he taught at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, from 1948, and the Slade School of Fine Art, from 1953, the year that his book Etching and Engraving: Techniques and the Modern Trend was published. He illustrated over 50 books.