BLAKE, Peter (illustrator); GOODING, Mel (text).
Alphabets.
Alphabets.
Stock Code 108204
London, D3 Editions, 2010.
a fine copy
Sir Peter Blake, long fostered a fascination with alphabets – an extension of his interest in nostalgic childhood ephemera and Victorian and Edwardian graphic illustration. This work contains 18 alphabets, some previously unpublished. It also includes material from his private alphabet collection.Limited edition 392/600, signed by Peter Blake; 4to (300 x 240 mm); illustrated with over 200 colour photographic plates of the artist's work, including three four-page folding panoramas; publishers red cloth, title-label mounted to within a gilt border, lettered spine, corresponding red paper covered slip-case, all in fine condition.
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