The Book Decoration of Thomas Lowinsky

[Incline Press] Colin Myers; Katherine Thirkell (memoir); Oliver Clark (annotated checklist)

Published by Incline Press, Oldham, England, 2001

About this Item

Hardcover. Number 16 of 250 regular copies. English illustrator Thomas Lowinsky (1892-1947) was a good friend of Charles Ricketts and frequently worked with other friends including Sacheverell, Edith Sitwell, Oliver Simon, and Francis Meynell. He was a founding member of the Double Crown Club, a dining club for printers, publishers, book designers, and illustrators. This fine book features more than ninety illustrations, including all of his surviving unpublished illustrations, an autograph poem and ink sketch made while he was in the army, two woodcuts, and all of his patterned paper designs and publishers' devices. Also included are reproductions of his Double Crown Club menus, facsimile illustrations from the eighteen books that he illustrated, a previously unpublished studio portrait of Lowinsky, a memoir written by his daughter, a biography, and bibliography. Fine in grey cloth with pattern paper covered boards and gilt title to spine. Printed on Magnani paper in Monotype Fournier. Housed in grey and dark blue cloth covered slipcase with paper title label to spine panel. Pristine. A beautifully printed collection. 124 pages. PRI/051216. Seller Inventory # 29341

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Book Decoration of Thomas Lowinsky

Publisher: Incline Press, Oldham, England

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine