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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning and marking due to age. Plates bright and vivid.. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> John Henry Brookes lived and worked in Oxford from 1928 when he was appointed Head of the the School of Art until his death in 1975. His achievements as an artist – draughtsman painter sculptor silversmith woodcarver – have been admired and appreciated by many. In 1934 the School of Art and the Technical School were merged with John Brookes as Principal and his determined work in the development of further education in Oxford led to improvements of which its citizens can be proud. This book is intended as a permanent record of his activities in Oxford. Its publication by staff and students of the Publishing Course and its production within the Department of Design in Oxford Polytechnic is in itself an appropriate tribute to John Brookes whose educational work did so much for printing and publishing enter- prises in Oxford. Included here are many examples of his pen and ink drawings of Oxford and of villages and their churches in Oxfordshire and Berkshire as well as illustrations of his silversmithing. These are supplemented by an appreciation of his work by some of those who knew him. It is hoped that this volume will help to provide the belated recognition due to John Brookes and will be a fitting record of a man who met the needs of his time with vision and dedication combined with a capacity for action. (LL)