Alan J. Horne - The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators

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Alan J. Horne - The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators - Woodbridge - Antique Collectors Club Ltd. - 1999 - Reprint - 456 pp - Hardcover with dust jacket - 22 x 28,5 cm.

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Standard work with a thorough alphabetical overview of 20th century British artists who were involved in illustrating books. Illustrated with photo's and reproductions in black and white and COLOUR. With bibliography and list of abbreviations. Hardback edition.

The book deals with i.a. Alan Aldridge, Michael Ayrton, Roy Beddington, Nicolas Bentley, Pearl Binder, Rolf A. Brandt, Doreen Baxter, John Buckland Wright, Quentin Blake, Ralph Chubb, René Cloke, Gordon Cullen, Brian Froud, Eric Gill, Brian Grimwood, Gertrude Hermes, Paul Hogarth, Sheila Jackson, Helen Kapp, Reginald Knowles, David Langdon, Haldane Macfall, Francis Marshall, Norman Meredith, John Nash, John Petts, William Heath Robinson, Ronald Searle, Austin O. Spare, Ralph Steadman, Robin Tanner, Norah Unwin, Rex Whistler, Alice B. Woodward, Clifford Webb, Jack Butler Yeats, and Doris Zinkeisen.

¶ Reference work based on the author's collection of old children's and picture books. A similar volume on 19th century illustrators (by Simon Houfe) was also published. Indispensable for antiquarian booksellers and collectors.

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