SIGNED PRESENTATION FROM ALFRED GILBERT WITH LOVELY FLOWING INSCRIPTION TO THE FRONT ENDPAPER: "TO MY OLD FRIEND AND PUPIL JIMBAIJO (HAROLD LOCK) IN MEMORY OF OLD DAYS AND HAPPIER TIMES ALFRED GILBERT LONDON 1 FEB. 1934." Quarto. xii, 236 pp. 40 plates including the frontispiece. Original decorative cloth boards in orange, brown and faun, a few stains and a short split at the top of the spine. Old Sellotape marks have left a deep stain across the top of the second and third front endpaper, the third of which is one the same page at the wonderful ink inscription, which does not effect it but does nonetheless detract from the overall impression. Other than this act of vandalism the contents are crisp, clean and bright with no errant markings or signs of wear. Sir Alfred Gilbert's (1854-1934) best-known work is undoubtedly the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain ("Eros") in London's PIccadilly Circus, was of the first statues to be cast in aluminium. He received his artistic education mainly in Paris (at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, under Jules Cavelier), and studied in Rome and Florence where the significance of the Renaissance made a lasting impression upon him and his art. Seller Inventory # 7557

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Title: ALFRED GILBERT (SIGNED COPY)

Publisher: A&C Black, London

Publication Date: 1929

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

Book Type: Book

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