Limited Edition Book

A New Specimen Book of Curwen Pattern Papers – David McKitterick. Whittington Press – April 1987. Limited edition number 187 of the x250 quarter-bound in buckram. Signed David McKitterick and dated 2 Dec 1987. Very good unmarked copy in very good original slipcase. The cover design is by Claud Lovat Fraser. David McKitterick gives some history of The Curwen Press which he illustrates. With plates showing early sketches for designs including some of which were not used. 32 examples of pattern papers published by The Curwen Press are discussed and beautifully reproduced. These are by the following 16 artists: Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Paul Nash, Graham Sutherland, Enid Marx, Elizabeth Friedlander, Diana Wilbraham, Harry Carter, Claud Lovat Fraser, Emil Otto Hoppe, Margaret James, Thomas Lowinsky, Sarah Nechamkin, Michael Rothenstein, Albert Rutherston and Althea Willoughby.