Mr Derrick Harris 1919-1960.
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 1998. 4to. Limited edition of 280 copies. Pale yellow, cloth-covered, clamshell box containing: Quarto volume, bound in a quarter orange cloth with printed paper sides. Illustrated with photo plates and wood engravings (1 folding). Together with: Large oblong folder of 9 coloured illustrations for 'Royal Flush' c.1946, and a sewn booklet containing extra engravings too large for the book. Clamshell box a little marked. Contents as new. Item #5992
Derrick Harris's 'style was at once utterly individual and, somewhere between Edward Bawden and Rowland Emmett [sic], very much of its time; and it is through his popular work, sometimes engraved, sometimes drawn or painted, that he contributed to defining the look of the 1950s.'.
Price: £125.00