Glyn Philpot 1884-1937

A. C. Sewter. Foreword by Thomas Bodkin.

B. T. Batsford. London. Autumn 1951. First edition. Ink inscription 'from the Sisters of the Artist' to Elisabeth Rowell on front free endpaper. Hardback; blue cloth-bound boards, titles in gilt, dust jacket; two press cuttings and a postcard related to Philpot loosely inserted. [c.120 pages.] Frontispiece, 6 text illustrations, 8 full-page colour plates and 113 b&w illustrations. English. 305 x 230mm. 1kg. . Very good in fair dust jacket; light wear to spine ends and forecorners, with some slight loss, light surface wear to jacket, long tears along folds of spine, neatly repaired with tape and paper to verso, not price-clipped; slight wear to edges of boards.

An early monograph on the work of Glyn Philpot. The book includes over hundred images of Philpot's work, alongside a list of principal exhibitions, works in public and permenant collections, and a bibliography. The book carries an inscription from 'the Sisters of the Artist' to Elisabeth Rowell.