High Street

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Eric Ravilious (1903-42) was a painter, designer, illustrator and wood engraver and remains one of the best-known English artists of the 1930s.

In this context the Mainstone Press is pleased to announce the publication of The Story of High Street. He quickly mastered the technical skills to achieve a wider range of colours in his lithographs than the four ink colours used, by overprinting transparent inks. And Ravilious seems to have gone out of his way to find some extraordinary examples that celebrated their individuality through the most amazing window displays. Only 2,000 copies of the original book were printed before the lithographic plates were destroyed in the London Blitz.These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. He made detailed annotated sketches on the spot, from which he later drew edited versions with simple, incisive pencil lines, and eventually transferred them to lithographic plates. Profusely illustrated throughout, mostly in colour, including reproductions of all 24 plates from the original edition of "High Street". You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. M. and Eric Ravilious [Eric William Ravilious (22 July 1903 - 2 September 1942) was a British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver.

Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. When one could watch the butcher cutting the meat, enjoy the smell of the coffee grinder and the baking of bread. Publisher's dark blue cloth, silver lettered to spine, pictorial title label to upper board, housed in matching slipcase.

Although the book was not a limited edition, the destruction of the lithographic plates during the Blitz meant that only 2000 copies were ever printed. Bristol, United Kingdom I'm an art historian, curator and author with a leaning towards 20th/21st century British art and culture. Eric Ravilious (1903-1942), artist, designer and wood-engraver, produced his first lithograph in 1936 entitled 'Newhaven Harbour', which was printed by the Curwen Press. If you're interested in the history of the British high street, you might enjoy this extract from 'Eric Ravilious: The Story of High Street', which was published in 2008 by The Mainstone Press. Small bump to bottom corner of front cover, otherwise fine in fine card slipcase (apparently most copies were issued without the slipcase).

Here at last, after all this long time, is “High Street” and I send you a copy as a sort of Christmas present . The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Ravilious’s lithographs are magnificent, but the book itself was poorly designed, its pinched margins cramping both text and lithographs. First published in 1938, this classic book introduces the British high street, pairing the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with an engaging text by architectural historian J.

His works captures an England changing from the certainties of the early 20th century through to the upheavals and modernisation of the country as the Second World War broke out. Always mannerly-but-never-stodgy, Ravilous' characters are stalwart, earnest and maybe-a-bit Python-esque. This book has been out of print for many years but we still have the odd studio copy available - usually well loved, with the odd cover scratch, dent and bump.