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333. WESTERHAM PRESS. KRAHL, Regina. The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics. The Eranda Foundation. 1996.
£750
Folio. 2 vols.; original beige cloth, lettered in dark blue; 323 illustrations in full colour tipped in; a fine copy in the slipcase.
First edition. Limited edition of 750 copies, printed at the Westerham Press by Rowley Atterbury by letterpress on specially mould-made, acid free paper. The Anthony de Rothschild collection contains a select group of Chinese ceramics from the Han (206 BC to 220 AD) to the Quing dynasty (1644 to 1911). It was mainly formed during the first three decades of this century and is one of the rare collections from this period that is still intact. It contains probably the world’s finest and most comprehensive group of polychrome glazed (‘fahua’) ceramics of the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644), is strong in related ceramics such as sancai (‘three colour’) glazed pottery of the Tang (618 to 907) and biscuit-glazed porcelains from the Kangxi reign (1662 to 1722) of the Quing dynasty, as well as the equally colourful Jun wares from the Song dynasty (960 to 1279) and later. The catalogue is produced to the highest standards. All objects are illustrated in colour and fully described and documented.
334. WHISTLER, Laurence. WHISTLER, Rex (illustrator). Children of Hertha & Other Poems. With Decorations by Rex Whistler. Printed for Subscribers by the Holywell Press, Oxford. 1929.
£550
Crown 8vo. Original grey-black decorated stiff card covers, upper cover lettered in gilt on a black paper label; pp. 74; decorative title with vignette and 4 other vignettes by Rex Whistler; a little chipping to wrappers, repaired small tear to upper wrapper, otherwise a very nice copy.
First edition of Laurence Whistler’s first book, limited to 300 numbered copies, printed while Whistler was an undergraduate at Balliol College.
335. WHISTLER, Rex (illustrator). HARCOURT-SMITH, Simon. The Last of Uptake or The Estranged Sisters. B.T. Batsford. 1942.
£498
Royal 8vo. Original quarter dark green morocco, spine lettered in gilt; numerous illustrations by Rex Whistler, including 2 coloured plates; a very good copy.
First edition, this being one of 100 numbered copies on handmade paper, signed by the author and artist.
WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING
336.WHITTINGTON PRESS. KENNEDY, Richard. A Boy at the Hogarth Press. With an Introduction by Bevis Hillier. The Whittington Press. 1972.
£998
Royal 8vo. Original batik cloth, dust-jacket; illustrated with drawings by the author; the jacket has a small chip and a couple of short tears, otherwise a very nice copy.
Limited to 520 numbered copies, signed by the author. This copy is also inscribed in pencil by Bevis Hillier who wrote the Introduction.
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An original pencil, pen and ink drawing by Richard Kennedy “Today the trumpet blasts. I put up a shelf” which appears on p. 24 of the book.
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