Item #56691 Evolution Volume Two. A Fearful Asymmetry. The Peculiar Stylistic Innovations of an Edwardian Symbolist. Afterword and Stephen Pochin, William Wallace, A R. Naylor, Austin Osman: related works SPARE.
Evolution Volume Two. A Fearful Asymmetry. The Peculiar Stylistic Innovations of an Edwardian Symbolist.

Evolution Volume Two. A Fearful Asymmetry. The Peculiar Stylistic Innovations of an Edwardian Symbolist.

UK: Mandrake Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo. (8.5ins x 8.5ins), 212pp. Original black cloth with blind stamped title & gilt symbol on upper board. Colour frontis. Colour and b&w illustrations throughout. Index of bookplates. The second volume in this series of monographs which aim to explore the contexts in which Austin Osman Spare’s art (and also his occultism) developed. In this volume Stephen Pochin scrutinises Spare's bookplate designs, their historical and artistic background, and what they tell us of Spare's relationship with his various patrons, and his and their own preoccupations. Covers very lightly rubbed, light bump to upper corners and to lower edge of top board, otherwise a clean copy in near Fine condition. (no dust jacket issued). Item #56691

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