Walter Crane, Isobel Spencer, Studio Vista, 1975, Hardcover, Very Good

Spencer, Isobel, London: Studio Vista, 1975

English, Very Good hardcover, quarto, 11 ⅛” x 8 ⅝”, 208 pp.

ISBN:0289703913

Very Good quarto, brownish-gray cloth over boards, stamped gilt lettering to spine, endpapers detail from “Iris and Kingfisher” filling design, bumping to head and tail of spine, minimal soiling spots to top of back panel, minimal sunning to top of panels and to top-edge and fore-edge of textblock. Very Good black dustjacket featuring “Swan” 1877, white lettering to front and spine, back panel featuring “A Garland for May Day” 1895, edgewear to top and bottom, sunning to top of interior, protected by paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Text in English, replete with 24 full-color and 150 black-and-white illustrations, a beautifully illustrated study of Crane’s life and work surrounding the Arts and Crafts movement.