Pimpernel Press Ltd | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

During the 1920s and 1930s Rex Whistler designed dust wrappers and produced illustrations for books ranging from Beverley Nichols' Down the Garden Path to Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales and including magical editions of Gulliver's Travels, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales and Walter de la Mere's The Lord Fish. He also produced scores of advertisements, including posters for exhibitions, catalogues for Fortnum & Mason, and leaflets for Imperial Airways and the Guiness brewery. This book showcases this work, with commentary by Hugh and Mirabel Cecil.

Visual artist(s): Rex Whistler