Isbn: 9780856701702 - Walter Crane as a Book Illustrator (14 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Large softcover, 8.5 x 11 inches with 105 pages. Illustrated throughout, most in black and white. Soil and foxing to endpapers, cover shows shelfwear.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback. Near Fine. All orders shipped securely in a bubble envelope or box/hard mailer.

Condition: Very Good. 122 pages. Softcover. Small marking to front cover. Otherwise clean copy with minor edgewear. 107 illustrations, including 16 in color. Walter Crane, artist of Kensington, was a man of many talents, but is possibly best known for his original and charmingly executed designs which made him the leading illustrator of children's books of the Aesthetic Movement period. In the face of the commercial vulgarity and ugliness of Victorian industrialised society, he created a delicate and escapist fairy world which, with its emphasis on spontaneity and mobility of line, and its clever use of background and colour, popularised a completely new style of tasteful book designs, and brought them within reach of everyone. The influence of Crane's work and his highly novel theories of design make him an important figure in nineteenth century art history. Rodney Engen, American-born painter and lecturer, discusses Crane's style and ideas in a study delightfully arranged after Crane's own rules and book design. Record # 353321.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 085670170X. 1975 Academy eds, illus bright clean copy.

paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. large paperback, 11 1/2" x 8 1/2", pictorial card covers part faded else a good tightly bound copy, small address label of a previous owner to foot of verso of front cover, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated in colour and b&w, 106pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No DJ. First Edition. Lightly rubbed along edges and on corners, faint red pinpoint mark on bottom edge, pencil erasure shadow on ffep, else very good plus. Pages clean and binding firm.

Paper Back. Condition: Good. The book has various ex private library markings and review copy markings. The red spine has faded and the page edges are lightly tanned. 195 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size G: 10"-11" Tall (254-279mm). Crane, Walter (illustrator). Ex Library. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. - 292 mm. Large format trade paperback. Illustrated. Line art. Drawings. Some colour. Pp. 105. Sunning to spine. Mild wear and rubbing to cover. Overall, VGC.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 'Walter Crane as a book illustrator' ~ by Rodney K Engen; pub by Academy Editions, London 1975; sofT back, 4to, 8 ½" x 11 ½", 110pps, b&w & colour illustr, covers have a few small marks, contents vg. #1502.

Condition: Very Good.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st UK 1975. Good condition. Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Covers are edge rubbed and faded to spine and edges of front cover. Small black mark to top edge of front cover. Foxing to contents which are otherwise clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. …

Condition: Poor. 4to softcover 122pp fine. Walter Crane was the leading book illustrator of the Aesthetic Movement period. This book discusses Crane's style and ideas in a study delightfully arranged after Crane's own rules and book design. Includes nearly 100 illustrations, ranging from nursery rhymes and fairytales to tailpieces and borders, mostly full page as Crane designed them and 16 in the full colour he helped to pioneer.…

[0-85670-170-X 0-85670-155-6] [1975]. (4to stiff paper covers) Very good. 105pp. Frontispiece, photographs, black and white and color illustrations, chronology, bibliography. Book about Walter Crane. Locale. (Art, Illustrators).