The Portrait Drawings of William Rothenstein

by John Rothenstein

Includes an iconography by John Rothenstein with a preface by Max Beerbohm along with 101 collotype plates. The first section of the book lists the portraits by year and includes a brief description, subjects include the artist's wife, Max Beerbohm, George Bernard Shaw, a self portrait and many more. Some portraits are full page, others two to a page.

121 pages with index followed by plates. 10.5" by 13.5"

Very scarce! Limited edition of 520 copies of which 500 were for sale, this copy is hand-numbered as 229. New York: Viking Press, 1927.

Hardback is overall in GOOD condition.

• Black cloth boards show gilt on front and spine
• Filled with b&w plates
• No gift inscription or any other ownership marks
• Interior is free of any writing, underlining, highlighting or other intentional marks
• Binding is secure
• Corners are bumped and scuffed
• Shoulders, head and tail of spine are scuffed
• Some light scratches and a 1" by .25" blue smudge to bottom front
• Two creases to upper right of front
• Pages are a bit darkened
• Two plates are mostly detatched from binding except for bottom inch
• VS20150824

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