Will William Henry Dyson (3 results)
Published by C. Palmer & Hayward
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fair. London: Cecil Palmer & Hayward, 1918. First edition. Folio paperback. 52pp + plates. 21 B/W plates. Reading copy only. Spine paper lacking and stitching loose; a few pages detached. Several pencil marks and water spots to wraps; book dampstained and soiled across head and foot of spine and across bottom fore-cor…ner.A fascinating first-person look at the Australian presence in the Great War. Inquire if you need further information.
Published by Cecil Palmer & Hayward, London 1918
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Aviation Books, Millers Point, NSW, AustraliaRare Aviation Books
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 207.14
£ 15.15 shippingShips from Australia to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
First Edition. Folio, later brown cloth with the original illustrated front wrapper bound in; dedication plate featuring the poem "To the Men of the A.I.F.", with a total of 52 letterpress leaves (including the preliminaries) interspersed with twenty plates. Cloth moderately flecked, internally well preserved. First edition of a… scarce First World War record, by the official Australian war artist William Dyson. Will Dyson (1880-1938) was one of the significant political cartoonists of his generation, and a man of staunch socialist principles. Married to Ruby Lindsay (sister of Norman Lindsay), Dyson worked in London from 1910 for the Daily Herald, then a left-leaning publication whose editors allowed him considerable freedom of expression. Given his outspoken views on capital and labour relations, Dyson was a surprising choice for war artist. This book is a selection of his better work produced under strained conditions on the Western front. Dyson was wounded twice in combat, proof that the war artist was far from a detached observer. Renowned for both eloquence and artistic prowess, the foreword captures some of the hard-bitten scepticism that informed Dyson's world-view. Railing against the nationalistic propaganda that painted trench-warfare as anything but abject misery, Dyson writes 'they [the drawings] are not primarily cheerful - but it is open to doubt whether we are behaving generously in demanding that the soldier who is saving the world for us should provide us with a fund of light entertainment while doing it.' Dornbusch, 225; Fielding and O'Neill p. 245.
Published by Cecil Palmer & Hayward, London 1918
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Aviation Books, Millers Point, NSW, AustraliaRare Aviation Books
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 207.14
£ 15.15 shippingShips from Australia to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Folio, later brown cloth with the original illustrated front wrapper bound in; dedication plate featuring the poem "To the Men of the A.I.F.", with a total of 52 letterpress leaves (including the preliminaries) interspersed with twenty plates. Some spotting on the cloth, a few tears on front board cloth and a tear at spine head.… First edition of a scarce First World War record, by the official Australian war artist William Dyson. Will Dyson (1880-1938) was one of the significant political cartoonists of his generation, and a man of staunch socialist principles. Married to Ruby Lindsay (sister of Norman Lindsay), Dyson worked in London from 1910 for the Daily Herald, then a left-leaning publication whose editors allowed him considerable freedom of expression. Given his outspoken views on capital and labour relations, Dyson was a surprising choice for war artist. This book is a selection of his better work produced under strained conditions on the Western front. Dyson was wounded twice in combat, proof that the war artist was far from a detached observer. Renowned for both eloquence and artistic prowess, the foreword captures some of the hard-bitten scepticism that informed Dyson's world-view. Railing against the nationalistic propaganda that painted trench-warfare as anything but abject misery, Dyson writes 'they [the drawings] are not primarily cheerful - but it is open to doubt whether we are behaving generously in demanding that the soldier who is saving the world for us should provide us with a fund of light entertainment while doing it.' Dornbusch, 225; Fielding and O'Neill p. 245.
