(Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 4to (179 x 240mm). Pp208. Colour & b/w plates, b/w illustrations & photographs, excellent bibliography. Pictorial cloth. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Signed on the half-title, "For Stan Peacock from his ole mate and cricketing companion. Roy Heron." A good biography and reference on the best-known painter of hunting scenes and dogs. Includes an exhaustive bibliography of works illustrated by Aldin, and equally exhaustive lists of his prints, advertisements and other published works. Chapters include: Early days; The Bohemian and Sketch Club period; Hunting life; Coaching roads and Exmoor; The artist's models; The closing years; Aldin's works. Appendices include: Bibliography; The prints; Periodicals; Posters; Ephemera. .
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top edge gilt: The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.