Retrospective adventures: Forrest Reid: author and collector / edited by Paul Goldman and Brian Taylor
1998, 1st edition. Aldershot; Brookfield, Vt.: Scolar Press in association with Ashmolean Museum. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #311945
ISBN: 185444008X
Physical description: xi, 98 pages: illustrations; 29 cm. Notes: "Retrospective adventures is published to coincide with the first public exhibition of a major part of Reid's collection of illustrations now housed at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford". Includes bibliographical references and indexes. In association with Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Contents: Foreword / Colin Harrison -- 1. Some Themes in the Novels of Forrest Reid / Brian Taylor -- 2. Forrest Reid Remembered / Christopher Fitz-Simon -- 3. The Necessity of Forrest Reid / Norman Vance -- 4. Brian Westby / John McGahern -- 5. Child's-eye View: the Autobiographies of Forrest Reid / Angela Thirlwell -- 6. Reid as a Collector / Robin de Beaumont -- 7. Reid and Illustration / Paul Goldman -- 8. Forrest Reid and Walter de la Mare: a Literary Friendship / Anne Harvey -- 9. Tomorrow Evening about Eight / Robert Greacen -- 10. Catalogue / Paul Goldman. Subjects: Reid, Forrest 1875-1947 Criticism and interpretation. Ashmolean Museum. Illustration. Artists Great Britain; Biography. Authors, English 20th century; Biography. Book illustration Private collections British Isles. Prints and drawings. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue.
Price: €18.95