The Initials In The Heart..
Bound in blue cloth, gilt with contrasting cream title label, gilt in pictorial dust wrapper which is chipped at head and tail of spine and at edges. Extremities a little worn and some foxing largely confined to edges; otherwise a very good copy.
£8.00
Publisher
Rupert Hart-Davis.,
Place
London
Date
1964
Synopsis
Third impression.
Item Description
8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 248 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 15 black and white photographs including portrait frontispiece. Decorated by coloured vignette on title page.
Notes
Third impression of the first edition in the year of first publication. Laurence Whistler (1912-2000) was a poet and artist who came to specialise in glass engraving, designing the windows of many public buildings. This title is largely an account of his life with the actress, Jill Furse (1915-44), his first wife and includes numerous photographic portraits of her.
[Stock No. 24449]
Subjects
20th Century • Art • Arts • Autobiography • Decorative Arts