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GENTLEMAN**, DAVID: : David Gentleman's Britain

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1982.

ISBN 029778126X.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Stated first published in hardcover in 1982.Also states first published in p/back 1985.(?) ] FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around,white cliffs scenic colour illustration with white-lettered author name and red-lettered title to front panel of dw/dj,similar colour lettering repeated to spine/backstrip - title very slightly sunned/faded; negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - a tiny snick with miniscule reciprocal creasing at head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj - no other nicks,tears or splits present,both panels with inevitable age-acquired but minimal,superficial scoring/ indents but without penetration to boards benaeth.Top edges generally bright and clean but for a couple of tiny flecks at the headband area,fore-edges unaffected; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain dark grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a pale grey striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-224pp [paginated] includes author's b/w illustrated Introduction, 10 sections accompanied with b/w and profuse (the majority) colour landscape+architectural illustrations for these areas: London,The South-East, The Mid-West, The South-West, Wales, The Midlands, East Anglia, The North, Scotland, and Ireland, an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,double-page colour pictorial artwork landscape of Stonehenge and its carpark with black lettered title and a contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age. It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. The ten sections of this book cover the whole of the British Isles,from the remote,stone-age mounds of the Orkneys to the trodden-away turf at Land's End; from Eastern marsh and fen to the wild mountain ranges of Wales; from the pomp and showmanship of Brighton to the simplicity of the fams and dry-stone walls of the Pennines. David Gentleman,born London in 1930,he was educated at Hertford Grammar School. Studied at St. Albans School of Art (1947-48) and the Royal College of Art,London (1950-53),where he later taught (1953-55).Since then,he has worked freelance from his studio in Camden Town, London,making drawings,watercolours and lithographs of landscapes and buildings,and designing murals,posters,bookjackets,postage stamps,and a wide variety of other design and illustration commissions.His book illustrations have included limited editions of a number of classic works as well as books by several contemporary writers,some of them for children. He has written and illustrated several children's books and one on design,as well as a book of watercolour drawings of contemporary Britain.Many of his illustrations have been engraved on wood and some lithographed; more often,however,he draws in pen and ink with watercolour.As an illustrator,he uses pen and ink,wood engraving,and watercolour.His work is always immaculately presented; his wood engravings reveal a master of pastiche; convincingly and often humorously adopting the style and icongraphy of his subject's period. His work includes murals for the London Underground at Charing Cross station, illustrations and lithographs for English and American publishers and watercolours of France, Italy,Africa and the Pacific and many parts of the British Isles.He first visited India in 1967 to illustrate Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' and he spent two years travelling throughout India to make drawings for his book,'David Gentleman's INDIA (1994) - see my book ID rja821718 for a UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn example.Elected RDI (1970); member AGI. His previous or other books include 'David Gentleman's London' (1985),'David Gentleman's Coastline' (1988),'David Gentleman's PARIS' (1991) - see my book ID rja821618 for a UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn, and 'David Gentleman's INDIA' (1994). 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UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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