Dictionary 20th Century British Book Illustrators

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Dictionary 20th Century British Book Illustrators

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The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators-Alan Horne

I had an email from ebay saying that a copy I was watching had been reduced to £15 including postage for this normally expensive book so I snapped it up right away.
I can't wait for it to arrive...

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That's the buy of the year Pete. It's a wonderful book but I paid much much more than that for my copy.

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That looks like a beautiful book, Pete! Well done on getting it for such a good price.
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It looks great, Pete. Please let us know more about it when it arrives.
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It looks a great book, Pete, but I would be interested to know if it contains anything on any of the Blyton illustrators, most similar books tend to ignore children's illustrators, which is why I have been unable to find out much about Dorothy Wheeler, Hilda McGavin etc. I still don't know whether E.H. Davey who did an enormous amount of illustrating for EB (specially in Sunny Stories) was male or female!
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Tony Summerfield wrote:I still don't know whether E.H. Davey who did an enormous amount of illustrating for EB (specially in Sunny Stories) was male or female!
It might help if you looked up E. H. Davie rather than E. H. Davey! :P :wink:
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Yes,absolutely,Tony & Eddie.The first thing I am going to do is look up all the obvious illustrators we know and love.
Some are disappointed because this book covers the years 1915-85,but this is the time period that interests me the most!
Plus,I can remedy that by now hunting down the obvious companion volume;

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The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators
First published in 1978 as "The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914", it was aimed at all collectors and those interested in the subject. Now revised with 250 extra entries and additional colour illustrations, this reference contains details of over 2700 artists and their work. A lengthy introduction summarizes the scope and development of illustration in the 19th century.
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