THE PATRIOT'S PROGRESS. Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock. Related by Henry Williamson and drawn by William Kermode. This Edition on large paper is limited to three hundred and fifty signed copies. This is Number 111. [Colophon:] The Patriot's Progress which was cut in lino by William Kermode at Kew Gardens in Surrey in MCMXXIX Written by Henry Williamson in the Village of Ham in Devon in the same year.Published. MCMXXX.

WILLIAMSON, HENRY. KERMODE, WILLIAM, illustrated by.

Edité par Geoffrey Bles. 22 Suffolk Street Pall Mall S.W.1. Printed by the Euston Press at Four Euston Buildings, London, N.W., 1930

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SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. 9.75 x 6.5 inches. [x] + 194 + [2] pp. Bound in original white vellum, gilt, over maroon buckram. Top edge gilt, others rough cut. Some pages uncut. Signed by author and illustrator below limited edition statement. Flyleaves browned, but otherwise a fine copy. Illustrated throughout by linocuts by William Kermode, including vignettes. Decorated by owl colophon. The signed limited edition of Williamson's novel of the Western Front. Illustrated by the linocuts of Australian born artist, William Kermode (1895-1959), who had originally requested Williamson to provide captions for his war illustrations; instead, the author wrote a whole book around them: 'The result' however, was a most effective combination with Williamson's raw evocation of the soldier's lot perfectly complemented by the rough style and subtle humour of Kermode's images' (Matthews, p.68). A fine copy of this edition. (Matthews, Henry Williamson A Bibliography, A13, 1930ai). FICTION WILLIAMSON LIT. FICTION WW1 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED SIGNED FICTION.

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• Titre: THE PATRIOT'S PROGRESS. Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock. Related by Henry Williamson and drawn by William Kermode. This Edition on large paper is limited to three hundred and fifty signed copies. This is Number 111. [Colophon:] The Patriot's Progress which was cut in lino by William Kermode at Kew Gardens in Surrey in MCMXXIX Written by Henry Williamson in the Village of Ham in Devon in the same year.Published. MCMXXX.
• Éditeur: Geoffrey Bles. 22 Suffolk Street Pall Mall S.W.1. Printed by the Euston Press at Four Euston Buildings, London, N.W.
• Date de parution: 1930
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good