Compton Michael Usherwood Nicholas (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good.

First Edition. 21 x 21 cm 136 pp with colour and b&w illustrations throughout. Owqnership inscription on front end paper. Wrappers, very good, with stapled booklet of explanations and reiviews, good & bad, and with card 'The Owl & the Pussycat' signed in ink by the artist.

Condition: Near Fine. 1983. First edition. Tate Gallery. London. 1983. First edition. Paperback, square quarto; illustrated wrappers, with signed print and exhibition booklet loosely inserted. 136 pages. 32 colour plates and 142 b&w illustrations. English. 210x210mm. 0.5kg. Near fine; slight shelf wear to wrappers. The exhibition catalogue for a retrospective of Peter Blake's work at the Tate Gallery in 1983. This was the first book published on Blake and includes his early college work, the founding British Pop Art images, and work from the seventies and early eighties. Loosely inserted is the souvenir colour print of 'The Owl & the Pussycat' signed by Peter Blake and contained in the original envelope, also the 12-page stapled booklet Peter Blake. Explanations & Thoughts towards my Exhibition. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Sq. 4to. Paperback original. 136pp. SIGNED to tittle page by Peter Blake. With signed print of "The Owl and the Pussycat" in original black lettered envelope, an invite to the Private View of the exhibition (with an illustration by Blake) and a nine page booklet called "Explanations & Thoughts Towards My Exhibition." Also inserted is a related card from Barry Cronan Fine Art Ltd. Spine creased and a little concave. A very good copy. *** Exhibition catalogue for the first London retrospective of Peter Blake's work, at the Tate Gallery, from 9 February to 20 March 1983. Signed AND with signed print. Signed by Author(s). …

First Edition. [Exhibition Catalogue] INSCRIBED COPY, First edition, second impression. Octavo (21 x 21cm), pp.136. Illustrated in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the artist in black ink to half-title: 'For Edward | Peter Blake.' Publisher's black soft covers. Corners lightly bumped; very light wear to covers. Very good. From the library of the writer, media and film executive Edward Milward-Oliver. Signed.…