CECIL ALDIN: THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST. By Roy Heron.
by Heron (Roy). Aldin (Cecil).
(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. .
(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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8vo: Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.