Buy this book on-line JOHN BETJEMAN AND HUGH CASSON : A Handbook on Paint. Colour and ControversyThe Silicate Paint Co., London, 1939
First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 48pp. Paper-covered boards lettered in pink at the spine and upper board. With a colour frontispiece illustration and four unaccredited colour plates. Betjeman contributes his seven-page essay 'Colour and the Interior Decorator' which he concludes with seven 'general rules', the final and certainly most important of which is "Avoid most shades of brown". Hugh Casson contributes his six-page essay 'Colour and the Architect', with a further essay, 'Colour and the Builder' plus assorted 'technical data' and tables contributed by the publisher. The boards fractionally marked in places, with some fading to the backstrip lettering. Some spotting to the endpapers and to half-a-dozen preliminary and concluding leaves. A very good copy of this early and most uncommon Betjeman item. Peterson B8 / Gammond 39S1.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of JOHN BETJEMAN AND HUGH CASSON : A Handbook on Paint. Colour and Controversy. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, livres illustrées, livres anciens, libri antichi and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |