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Hardback. First Edition. Hardback. xxiii, 230p. With a foreword by William Anderson. Fascinating insight in to the srts world in the mid-twentieth century. Letters from a range of artists, writers and calligraphers including Sylvia Townsend Warner, Stevie Smith, Henry Moore, Edward Bawden, Vera Cacciatore, Sir Sydney Cockerell, Nancy Cunard, C. Day Lewis, Joan Hassell, Kenneth Armitage, Jill Balcon, Nicolas Bentley, Joë Bousquet, Will Carter, etc. Black and white frontis and 13 further illustrations. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Dust wrapper is lightly rubbed and has a hint of sunning to spine. Near fine, bright copy in good+ dust wrapper Near fine, bright copy in good+ dust wrapper.…

FIRST EDITION, pp.xxiv,230; two colour & ten half-tone plates, several drawings in text; very good in dust-wrapper. A remarkable correspondence from writers, painters, calligraphers & makers of fine books, including: Bawden, Will Carter, Cockerell, Cunard, Gooden, Hassall, Van Krimpen, Meynell, Henry Moore & Beatrice Warde. Prospectus, order form, post-card & letter from Strachan to IB, laid in. Book art & illustration Art. …