Myers, Colin — The Book Decorations of Thomas Lowinsky

England, Oldham Incline Press, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Brown hardcover binding with green pattern covered boards. Deckled edges and gilt lettering on the spine. Green slipcover with title hand-glued to spine. (4), 4-120, (1) pp. with 86 figures. Tipped in plates in addition to illustrations. Pamphlet pages glued in; a loose letter facsimilie. One colored plate is missing, between pages 68 and 69, appears never to have been bound-in. Copy number 131 of 250 hand-bound copies. English illustrator Thomas Lowinsky (1892-1947) was a founding member of the Double Crown Club, a dining club for printers, publishers, book designers, and illustrators. This fine book features more than ninety illustrations, including all of his surviving unpublished illustrations, an autograph poem and ink sketch made while he was in the army, two woodcuts, and all of his patterned paper designs and publishers' devices. Also included are reproductions of his Double Crown Club menus, facsimile illustrations from the eighteen books that he illustrated, a previously unpublished studio portrait of Lowinsky, a memoir written by his daughter, a biography, and bibliography. VG+ A very clean copy of the book and slipcover. Book copy number is handwritten in. Slight peeling in the corner of the glued-on title on the slipcase.