Brighton Aquatints. Twelve original aquatints of modern Brighton with short descriptions by the artist and an introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas.
London: Duckworth, 1939. Oblong folio. First edition. One of 200 copies (with an additional 55 that were hand-coloured by the artist). Original terracotta buckram spine with patterned paper (designed by Claud Lovat Fraser for the Curwen Press in 1923) boards and printed paper label to the front board. Printed at the Curwen Press. Aquatints hand-printed by A. Alexander & Sons Ltd. Twelve tissue-guarded aquatints by the artist. A few of the tissue-guards are creased from careless closing. Contents clean and without any marks. Fine. Item #8320
A remarkably fresh copy. Loosely inserted is a two-sided photocopy of a letter, dated June 22 1944, by John Piper explaining the origin of the book. 'The medium of aquatint is slow and laborious. I was taught the handling of it by Mr. Malcolm, an assistant at my old art school - the Royal College of Art - and there I etched the plates during a college vacation.'.
Price: £3,500.00