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Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United KingdomG. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA
AbeBooks seller since August 23, 2012
Condition: Used
£ 750.00
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition, with an original drawing by Fougasse on half title. Signed on the half-title "Kenneth Bird. Fougasse" under an original pen and ink and pencil drawing of a lady on a telephone, her hair heightened in yellow. The drawing is reminiscent of the image on the lower board of the binding. 8vo., original green cloth lettered on spine and boards, the front board with a decoration of a man on the phone, the lower board with a lady on the phone. A very good copy (without dust wrapper). Illustrated throughout with cartoons by Fougasse, each day of the diary with a humorous comment. As cartoonist, art editor and editor, Kenneth Bird transformed the style of Punch. His own contributions pared down human activity with such economy as to suggest the essence of modern life. This approach also had a significant influence on advertising, as in the emphasis on the elegant streamlining of Austin Reed's 'New Tailoring'. Bird's influential, economical draughtsmanship won him the role as the only artist to be Editor of Punch (1949-53). Much more sociable than his predecessor, E V Knox, he encouraged contributors to visit the office and discuss their work. He also modernised the layout, and introduced two double-pages a week of descriptive reporting from around Britain.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Stop or Go. A Diary for 1939
- Author
- FOUGASSE [BIRD, Kenneth]
- Publisher
- London Methuen & Co 1938
- Publication year
- 1938
G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA
London, United Kingdom
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