Buy this book on-line BRYANT,MARK: : Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and CaricaturistsUK.ALDERSHOT,HANTS.ASHGATE PUBLISHING LIMITED,2000. ISBN 1840142863.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[A stand alone but companion volume derived in part,from the earlier
'Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists,1730-1980' by the same
author with Simon Heneage.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,
clean,matt,black background with a b/w cartoon illustration - one each to either panel of dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.
Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,
appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,
stamped silver gilt letters to spine
/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,
slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xviiipp+1- 254pp [paginated] includes a preface,acknowledgements,
abbreviations list/table,an A-Z dictionary,profuse b/w illus,
cartoons+caricatures throughout the text and book,a biblio,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages
and contents list/table.
British cartoonists and caricaturists are renowned worldwide.This indispensable handbook for all who have an interest in cartoons offers a unique
'who's who' of all the major artists working in Britain in the 20thC.Extensively illustrated,the book provides information on the work of contemporary artists such as
Steve Bell,Gerald Scarfe,Posy Simmonds,Ronald Searle,Tog,mac and Larry as well as such past masters as David Low,Vicky,H.M. Bateman,
Illingworth,W.Heath Robinson and more.Concentrating primarily on political cartoonists,caricaturists and joke of 'gag' cartoonists,
actively working for the main Fleet Street national dailies and weeklies
from 1900 to 1995,there are nearly 500 entires.Each entry is cross-referenced and provides a concise biographical outline with an account
of the artist's style, influences and preferred medium.Where relevant,
the entry includes suggestions for further reading and notes solo exhibitions,books illustrated and works held in public collections.The
'Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists.' offers an insight into the lives of satirical artists working during a century that provoked cartoonists and caricaturists to a pitch of comic and artistic invention that has rarely been matched.
This is the first ever biographical
dictionary specifically devoted to British cartoonists and caricaturists of the 20th century.
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