Beddington Jack (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket has some wear on edges, mainly at top and bottom of spine. Small mark from removal of sticker on back of dust jacket (in brodart). U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. NB: No dustjacket. Beige cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair, covers have general shelfwear with some sunning and foxing to spine. The cloth of the spine is also quite worn. Internally the book is in good condition. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 127pp. 150 illustrations, six in colour, the remainder in b/w. Good reading copy. Jack Beddington CBE (1893-1959), who chose the selection of young artists in this book is best known for his work as publicity director for Shell in the 1930s and as head of the Ministry of Information Films Division during World War II. He was keen on encouraging young artists who had yet to make a name of themselves, and the book includes images of work by artists such as Joe (Joseph) Tilson, Fred Yates and Charles Keeping amongst work by many others lesser known but of high quality. To the rear of the book are address and art training details for each artist.

Condition: Very Good. 291 pp., hardcover, faint age toning to some pages, else very good in edge worn dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NICE as pictured a very good condition hardcover no dust jacket 96 pages over 150 paintings gently read clean pages.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. 127. 150 illus. (6 colour). bds. dw. (extremities slightly worn). First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Hardback in dustwrapper. 23 × 18cm, 23pp. This copy has been signed and dated by Mary Kessell to the ffep. It has been additionally signed by Jack Beddington. Mary Kessell was a British figurative painter, illustrator, designer and war artist. She became well-known for her drawings of refugees and survivors of the recently liberated Bergen-Belsen. Jack Beddington was the publicity director for Shell in the 1930s for which Mary Kessell worked. He was also responsible, with john Betjeman, for the Shell county guides. With eight drawings (frontis & 7 full page plates) by Mary Kessell, this is Osbert Sitwell's poem of a fisherman's wife and mother. The illustrations are incredibly stylish. Condition: Good plus condition. The book itself is in strong readable condition, but has light comprehensive foxing to the title page and frontis and, to a lesser degree, throughout the book. It remains in strong readable condition. There's a slight lean to the spine. The dustwrapper has foxing and tanning to the edges, with slight loss at the spine ends, but has not been price-clipped and is now within a protective sleeve. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. red cloth, dust jacket, 127 pages (chiefly illustrations (some color) Includes index, top corner of frontispiece, cut away, small area at top of spine of d.j. damaged (repaired with acid-free tape) five line ink inscription of former owner on back of frontispiece. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uninscribed. Dust jacket chipped along top edge. 291 pages. Essay by Jack Beddington. Scarce in reasonable dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: FR/NO DUSTJACKET. Photographs (B&W) (illustrator). London, UK: Society of Industrial Arts. FR/NO DUSTJACKET. 1947. . Cloth. 4to., 291 pp., cover scuffed, hinges worn .

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this heavily illustrated celebration of industrial and commercial design, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition.Illustrated heavily throughout with monochrome illustrations.In the publisher's original cloth with the original, scarce unclipped dust wrapper.This work provides an in depth study of British industrial and commercial design from the mid twentieth century. The work is made up of two sections, being 'Introduction to Industrial Design' by Sir Thomas D. Barlow, and 'Introduction to Commercial Design' by Jack Beddington and was created by the Society of Industrial Design. The work discusses examples of design, from advertisements, movie posters, war-time propaganda, homeware and much more. In the publisher's original cloth with the original dust wrapper. Externally excellent with very minimal bumping to the extremities. The wrap is smart with handling marks, sunning to the spine, and small chips and closed tears to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright pages and spotting to the front. Near Fine. book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth; Sutcliffe, Norman; Gillett, F.; Forestier, A.; Peddie, Tom; De Walton, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Board, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue.