Le Bookiniste / ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Spalding, Frances
Vanessa Bell 1879-1961: An Exhibition to Mark the Centenary of Her Birth
$85
Item Details
Sheffield, U.K., Sheffield City Art Galleries, 1979, Soft cover
First Edition, First Printing, Very Good
Catalogue for an exhibition celebrating Vanessa Bell's paintings and her designs for book jackets and fabrics.
Lengthy, insightful introduction by art historian Dr. Frances Spalding along with detailed descriptions of the items in the exhibition. In the book world, Bell was best known for designing the fabulous dust jackets for the books of her sister, Virginia Woolf.
This catalogue is from the collection of William Beekman, an important collector of Bloomsbury and Virginia Woolf material; his bookplate is included here.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11.375 x 8 inches; 288 x 203 mm), 24, [2] pages, in side-stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). William Beekman bookplate attached to verso of front cover.
CONDITION: Moderate creasing and edge wear but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.
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