Bell Quentin Foreword (6 results)

Dark Blue Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 214pp. A very fresh copy, with gilt embossed lettering to the spine. The head of the spine of the book has been lightly bumped & there is a slight indentation to the front board - with an associated mark to the front of the dust wrapper. Clean and tight. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped, though has got a little shelf wear, a clean colourful wrapper. A very well preserved copy.…

Soft Cover/Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Copyright 1966. 32 + pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Pen notes on inside of back covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Black octavo with beige lining papers; black and orange pictorial jacket with white spine title; x, 310 pages: frontispiece (portrait), illustrations (some color); 24 cm. "The Omega Workshops recounts for the first time the full story of the Bloomsbury Group's venture into interior decoration and furniture design. Founded in 1913 by British painter and critic Roger Fry, partly from philanthropic conern for impecunious young artists and partly in despair at the taste of the British public, the Omega workshops were to bring together art and industry to create murals, furniture, pottery, textiles and clothing. [.] In rich detail drawn from letters, interviews, critical reviews and newspaper accounts, Collins presents the definitive history of this artistic experiment and its effect on British taste in the early decades of the twentieth century." --Jacket. Contents: Foreword / Quentin Bell. Boycotted by society: 1910 & 1911. A group is established: 1912. 'His hair flew. His eyes glowed': 1913. Salons and caf?s: 1914. Refugees, dresses and collages: 1915. The artist as decorator: 1916 & 1917. Debts and regrets: 1918 & 1919. The plates. Near fine in near fine jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HARDBACK IN JACKET 1985. 1st Edition. x+214 pages. 23x15.5cm. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: £8.95. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref DMYMD. The Brandon Papers Collected & Edited by Maurice Evans; Foreword by Quentin Bell. …

[0-226-11375-2] 1984. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. x, 310pp. 8vo. The narrative of the Bloomsbury Group's delve interior decoration and furniture. Roger Fry founded the Omega Workshops in 1913, in part out of concern for young British artists and also as a response to his despair at the tastes of the Briitish public. The text is beautifully accompanied by a full section of full colour and black and white plates. Frontispiece. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve. Fine copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.