War Drawings by Muirhead Bone, Edition de Luxe, From the Collection presented to the British Museum by His Majesty's Government (Incomplete)
Folio
1918 · London
by Bone, Muirhead
London: Country Life, Ltd. and George Newnes, Ltd, 1918. Folio. Outer board folio stained, chipped at corners and spine edges and with bending at spine. Plates generally very good and clean and without age toning. A few have minor waving at edges and/or the tiniest of chips at corners. Plate I in Part II has much of the plain left edge missing, as well as age toning to the paper. The matted plate of Ypres from Part III has a 4-inch tear (both plate and mat) at the bottom center.. Elephant folio. Blue card folio with tan cloth spine and black lettering. Blue protective flaps on 3 edges. Inside are two rag-paper, string-bound folios containing 41 of the original loose plates. One folio contains plates from Parts II and III. The other contains plates from Parts IV and VI. Part I is missing in entirety. There also is a full-size greenish paper folio, with the full title, marked Part VI with the original price (10/6 net), containing the plates from Part VI. No other individual titled folios are present for Parts II, III, IV, or V. For plate contents and descriptions, please see further comments. NOTE: Although titled as an Edition de Luxe, none of the plates has an original signature. These all appear to be from the regular (non-deluxe) printing. Part I is missing entirely. Part II is complete, including the list of plates. Part III is missing 1 plate, but one plate (Ypres) is matted, and the number covered, so the possible number of the missing plate is either XXIII or XXX, as well as the list of plates. Part IV is missing 3 plates (XXXIII, XXXIV, and XXXVIII). Part V is missing 3 plates (XLIII, XLVII, and L). Part VI is missing 1 plate (LX). The plates are on a mixture of types of paper. Many plates are in bw (look to be charcoal originally), while others look to be in pencil, pen/ink and several with a color wash. Ideal for framing or set completion. (Inventory #: 147128)