PIPER, John

‘John Piper’s Brighton Aquatints.  Twelve Original Aquatints of modern Brighton with short descriptions by the artist and an introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas.’

Description

‘John Piper’s Brighton Aquatints.  Twelve Original Aquatints of modern Brighton with short descriptions by the artist and an introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas.’

Published by Duckworth in 1939. It is Oblong folio in shape,  bound with a red cloth spine in decorated marble paper covered boards. It is worth noting that not all copies have the same paper covered boards. All text sheets and end papers are a light blue paper. Illustrated with twelve aquatints by John Piper printed on hand made paper, some with a water mark. The water mark looks like a John Piper design, so the paper was probably made for this edition. Each etching has  facing text. The original tissue guards have been removed and replaced by acid free tissue due to it being acidic and causing brown staining. This book has been professionally recased in its original binding,  the edges of the boards are a little worn and chipped and the surface of the boards also show signs of wear. Inside, the page with the introduction has a small 1 cm tear in right margin.  The  aquatints are fresh and clean but some have light discolouration on the left side due to original tissue guards.  Please examine the photographs carefully. Loosely inserted is a book plate designed by John Piper of a Regency Building for Marie Sargant. One of 200 copies, not numbered as issued. A good sound copy.

Size 10 x 15.5 inches 26 x 40cm

Item details

Reference: Listed in Levinson: 12-23. He states that the text was printed by Curwen Press and hand printed by A.Alexander and Sons. No prints were signed. Although not numbered as a limited edition, this is from a small edition size of 200. There were a small edition of 55 copies with hand colouring by Piper and his wife, some of which were unbound.