Edwin Bale — Brush and Pencil Notes in Landscape

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this celebration of Sir Alfred East's artwork, featuring a series of his watercolour paintings and pencil sketches, and a short biography on the artist's life by Edwin Bale. The first edition.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of East by P. A. Laszlo, and thirty colour tipped in plates, and monochrome sketches. Collated, complete. A collection of reproductions of Sir Alfred Edward East's watercolour paintings and accompanying sketches. East was an English painter, and the president of the 'Royal Society of British Artists&apos. The work also includes a short biography on the noted artist. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the very scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the very scarce original dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart with light edge wear, and a small closed tear to the cloth to the tail of the front joint, and slight marks to the boards. Offsetting to the endpapers. Internally, binding slightly strained in places. Pages very lightly age toned to the extremities, with spotting throughout, though the plates remain bright and generally clean, occasional spotting to the versos. Significant closed tear, nearly split in two, to the plate face PP. 40. Very Good . Ill.: Sir Alfred East; Philip A. Laszlo. Very Good .