'Gradually it has got about that Mr Herman, alike as painter and as draughtsman, is about as doughty as anyone now going ...' JOHN RUSSELL, Sunday Times '1 take it for granted that Herman important painters working here ...' JOHN BERGER, New statesman 'Each Of his small drawings conveys an acute consciousness of exact balance in the gesture of a man stooping, a woman trudging along the road, but described with a simplicity that is at first sight deceptive, for it is a simplicity arrived at not by jettisoning the irrelevant but by concentrating furiously on the relevant...' ERIC NEWTON, Time and Tide 'This sombre gravity of manner is made possible by an extraordinarily intense and single-minded purpose and also by an ability to comprehend the density and structure of masses which draughtsman ...' QUENTIN BELL, ISBN 1-85343-046-3 9781853430466
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR005095643
Seller: Lorrin Wong, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
1st printing of 1st edition. Light edgewear on covers & sLight soiling on front pageforedge otherwise clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). Seller Inventory # 650655
Seller: Walden Books, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good+. Rather grubby plastic cover has been taped to the inside of the covers; card covers are marked from shelving, corners creased and bumped, some wear to verso of front cover, spine sunned, remants of sticker on rear upper right corner which has partially worn away, border from sunning also on rear upper right corner; binding is tight; pages are unmarked though preliminaries have some markings from handling as well as transference from b&w plates. ; 10.75 x 0.6 x 14 inches; 136 pages. Seller Inventory # 57999
Seller: Dreadnought Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Folio 12 - 19". Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Edges browned and marked. Covers slightly marked, creased and partially faded. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Wales; 1940s & 1950s; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 1853430463. ISBN/EAN: 9781853430466. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60286. Seller Inventory # 60286
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Large 4to. pp xi, 50. Original publisher's illustrated covers, lettered black. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Signed presentation from the author, "For Reni with love from Josef and Nik." Josef Herman (1911-1990) was a Polish-British artist. He is remembered for his paintings of workers and labourers but most notably, coal miners from when he lived in a South Wales mining community. ISBN: 1853430463 Clean, very good+. Signedes. Seller Inventory # C36811