CHIAROSCURO. Fragments of Autobiography: First Series
John, Augustus
Sold by Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Add to basketSold by Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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AbeBooks Seller since May 21, 2013
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Add to basketPp. 286(last blank), frontispiece, plus 24 plates, the title page printed in red & black, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt with publisher's device at foot, the artist's initials in gilt at centre of upper board, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the lower board faintly soiled; top edges red, bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, the back panel soiled, backstrip faded and slightly torn at head; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the upper endpapers faintly offset, occasional slight soiling; Jonathan Cape, London, 1952. First edition. *Inscribed in ink by the artist to Cynthia Asquith (dated 1952) on the upper free endpaper. Lady Cynthia Asquith is referenced in the text on pages 85 & 86, where John states he 'made several attempts to capture Lady Cynthia's strange satyr-like charm. Perhaps in one of these efforts, I succeeded in approaching it' [page 86]. Augustus John's portrait of Lady Cynthia's sister-in-law, Elizabeth Asquith (Princess Bibesco) follows page 224.
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