Rex Whistler
During his twenty year career Rex Whistler was prolific in many areas of art and design. His graceful, often humourous illustrations feature in books and periodicals, and on designs for dust jackets, bookplates, and advertisements.
In this short catalogue we have brought together 16 items by and about Rex Whistler. The list includes dust jacket designs for books by Cecil Beaton and Walter de la Mare, a map of the City of Long, bookplate designs for Duff and Diana Cooper, and Adelaide Livingstone, and illustrations for Edward James and Edith Olivier.
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Rex Whistler's bookplate design for the British-American human rights activist.
The important catalogue of Rex Whistler's work produced by his brother Laurence.
A fanciful written description to accompany Rex Whistler's mural sequence at the Tate Gallery Restaurant.
Rex Whistler's bookplate design for his friends and patrons, the Duff Coopers.
Youthful recollections from Betjeman, Waugh, Macaulay, Sackville-West, etc. With a jacket design by Rex Whistler.
An examination of the artistic and social dialogue between Whistler and his patrons.
The catalogue for an exhibition of Whistler's work in Brighton in 2006.
Guinness drinking songs, with comic illustrations by Rex Whistler.
Rex Whistler's map of the streets and markets of the City of London.
Laurence Whistler's richly researched account of the life of his brother Rex.
A collection of children's stories by Walter de la Mare, illustrated by Rex Whistler.
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A complete run of the post-war theatre magazine, with three issues devoted to Rex Whistler.
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A first edition of Edward James' privately-published collection of poems, illustrated by Whistler.
A compendium of musings and advice on the art of travel in the 1930s, with illustrations by Rex Whistler.
A first edition of Beaton's record of his famous Wiltshire country house.