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RICHARDS, FRED. A Persian Journey. Being an etcher's impressions of the Middle East with forty-eight drawings.London and at Toronto, Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square, 1932. 4to, pp. 240. Original red, gilt lettered cloth. Pages uncut. Illustrated with 48 plates. Frederick Charles Richards [1878-1932] was born in Newport Monmouthshire. He went to Newport School of Art then worked as an uncertified teacher with short spells at St.Ives and Bruges School of Art. By 1905 he had his first art exhibition in Newport. In 1909 he went to study at the Royal College of Art in London. On finishing his RCA diploma in 1912 he visited Normandy and the resulting pencil sketches obtained first prize at the RCA sketch Club. Richards travelled extensively both before and after the First World War, throughout Europe and Morocco before the war and later to the near East including Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. His final journey was to Persia in 1930 and on his return he wrote and illustrated ‘A Persian Journey’. His visits resulted in numerous pencil drawings, many of which were later used as the basis for his etchings. His final illness started after his return from Persia and , although he managed to complete the book, unless others come to light, he only manged to etch around a quarter of the 20-30 plates that his publishers were expecting. Plate facing page 72 with some spots. Very good copy. 1100 gram; pakket.
Offered for EUR 135.00 = appr. US$ 193.32 by: Zaal Books - Book number: 15005