first edition Hardcover
1983 · Mountrath, Ireland
by Bowe, Nicola Gordon
Mountrath, Ireland: The Dolmen Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Definitive study of the graphic art of Irish book illustrator and stained glass artist Harry Clarke (1889-1931). Includes reproductions of two unpublished suites of illustrations, for The Rape of Lock by Alexander Pope, and for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, as well as a special appendix by H. Keith Burns on Clarke's work published in the United States. Quarto: 160 p. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (Inventory #: 76137)