Ardizzone's Kilvert | Selections from the Diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert, 1870-79 (Artist Inscribed + Note)
Kilvert, Francis [Illustrated by Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE RA (16 October 1900 - 8 November 1979), who sometimes signed his work "DIZ", was a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children].
(Book #ID 117475)
Published by Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, London First Edition Thus 1976. 1976.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original tangerine cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 174 pp with monochrome line illustrations throughout, two maps. Light spotting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper with just a hint of sun fading down the spine, not price clipped. From the private library and estate of Edward Ardizzone and INSCRIBED by him to the front free end paper 'To Phil and Gelda (married to Philip, the Ardizzone's second child), with love from Papa, July 1976 | The blasted printer in search of perfection has over etched the blocks.' Member of the P.B.F.A.
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