Reproduces over 50 of the drawings which Rossetti made of his wife, Elizabet Siddal. They are drawn from private collections and from museums such as the Ashmolean, the V&A, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Tate Gallery and the Fitzwilliam.
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1st edition. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 98 pages: illustrations; 29 cm. Notes: "Retrospective adventures is published to coincide with the first public exhibition of a major part of Reid's collection of illustrations now housed at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford". Includes bibliographical references and indexes. In association with Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Contents: Foreword / Colin Harrison -- 1. Some Themes in the Novels of Forrest Reid / Brian Taylor -- 2. Forrest Reid Remembered / Christopher Fitz-Simon -- 3. The Necessity of Forrest Reid / Norman Vance -- 4. Brian Westby / John McGahern -- 5. Child's-eye View: the Autobiographies of Forrest Reid / Angela Thirlwell -- 6. Reid as a Collector / Robin de Beaumont -- 7. Reid and Illustration / Paul Goldman -- 8. Forrest Reid and Walter de la Mare: a Literary Friendship / Anne Harvey -- 9. Tomorrow Evening about Eight / Robert Greacen -- 10. Catalogue / Paul Goldman. Subjects: Reid, Forrest 1875-1947 Criticism and interpretation. Ashmolean Museum. Illustration. Artists Great Britain; Biography. Authors, English 20th century; Biography. Book illustration Private collections British Isles. Prints and drawings. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 311945
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
1st edition. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 98 pages: illustrations; 29 cm. Notes: "Retrospective adventures is published to coincide with the first public exhibition of a major part of Reid's collection of illustrations now housed at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford". Includes bibliographical references and indexes. In association with Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Contents: Foreword / Colin Harrison -- 1. Some Themes in the Novels of Forrest Reid / Brian Taylor -- 2. Forrest Reid Remembered / Christopher Fitz-Simon -- 3. The Necessity of Forrest Reid / Norman Vance -- 4. Brian Westby / John McGahern -- 5. Child's-eye View: the Autobiographies of Forrest Reid / Angela Thirlwell -- 6. Reid as a Collector / Robin de Beaumont -- 7. Reid and Illustration / Paul Goldman -- 8. Forrest Reid and Walter de la Mare: a Literary Friendship / Anne Harvey -- 9. Tomorrow Evening about Eight / Robert Greacen -- 10. Catalogue / Paul Goldman. Subjects: Reid, Forrest 1875-1947 Criticism and interpretation. Ashmolean Museum. Illustration. Artists Great Britain; Biography. Authors, English 20th century; Biography. Book illustration Private collections British Isles. Prints and drawings. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 311945
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Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Used - Very Good. 2007. Paperback. Very Good. Seller Inventory # DD0039448
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Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Paperback edition. Very slight bumping to outer corners of cover, a little bit of yellowing (not from tobacco) to the outer edges of back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Issued to accompany an exhibition of a collection of book illustrations from the mid-nineteenth century which was gathered by Forrest Reid (1875-1947), a writer of novels and literary criticism. Includes short pieces by various authors on aspects of Reid's life and work. 98pp, 79 b&w ilustrations. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 010895
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Seller: Makovski Books, Southampton, United Kingdom
Soft Covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Paperback Edition. Illustrated b/w soft covers - minmally blemishrd, chipped & corner-creased. xi + 98pp. Good. Seller Inventory # 8860
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