Gwen Raverat : friends, family and affections / Frances Spalding
2001, First Edition. London: Harvill Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #379720
ISBN: 1860467466
Physical description: ix, 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-425) and index. Contents: Darwin Family Tree VI -- 1 Charles Darwin 3 -- 2 Constant One 19 -- 3 Destined for Matriarchy 34 -- 4 Newnham Grange 47 -- 5 Childhood 62 -- 6 Adolescence 84 -- 7 Yellow Suns 100 -- 8 Jacques and Rupert 123 -- 9 Comus 142 -- 10 A Bewildered Heart 155 -- 11 Marriage 179 -- 12 Cookham, Gill and Deperdussin 201 -- 13 Gide 226 -- 14 Darnall's Hall 248 -- 15 An Earthly Paradise 267 -- 16 Villa Adele 282 -- 17 Winter Light 309 -- 18 Old Rectory 327 -- 19 Not A Tear or A Prayer 349 -- 20 Travels Abroad 365 -- 21 War Years and The Old Granary 378 -- 22 Period Piece 391. Subjects: Raverat, Gwen 1885-1957. Wood-engravers Great Britain ; Biography. Women wood-engravers Great Britain ; Biography.
Wood-engraving Great Britain 20th century. Linoleum block-printing, English. Artists - Relationships.
Price: €25.00