Gargoyles & Tattie-Bogles by Malcolm Yorke – FLEECE PRESS LE 2017
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Gargoyles & Tattie-Bogles, The Lives and Work of Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd by Malcolm Yorke - FLEECE PRESS LIMITED EDITION 2017
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
420 copies
Introduction by the author.
Almost every page illustrated in colour and monochromewith artwork by Bliss and Dodd..
18 folding tip-ins and tipped-in prints made from four of Douglas’ pre-war wood-engraved blocks,
and one by Rosalind Bliss.
Printed offset on PhoeniXmotion Xantur paper.
Five wood engravings printed from the blocks tipped in on three pieces of paper.
Plain white endpapers.
Quarter-bound by the Fine Book Bindery in charcoal-black cloth with Bliss-designed patterned paper-covered boards printed in orange.
280 pages
35.3x24.5cm.
£100
“This book tells the story of two artists, Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd, who went from widely separated backgrounds, and locations, to the Royal College of Art in London.”
From the Introduction.
A gargoyle is a carved stone waterspout on a building, designed to carry rainwater away from the roof and walls.
A Tattie-bogle is a Scottish scarecrow.
Phyllis Dodd 1899-1995
Douglas Percy Bliss 1900-1984
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
420 copies
Introduction by the author.
Almost every page illustrated in colour and monochromewith artwork by Bliss and Dodd..
18 folding tip-ins and tipped-in prints made from four of Douglas’ pre-war wood-engraved blocks,
and one by Rosalind Bliss.
Printed offset on PhoeniXmotion Xantur paper.
Five wood engravings printed from the blocks tipped in on three pieces of paper.
Plain white endpapers.
Quarter-bound by the Fine Book Bindery in charcoal-black cloth with Bliss-designed patterned paper-covered boards printed in orange.
280 pages
35.3x24.5cm.
£100
“This book tells the story of two artists, Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd, who went from widely separated backgrounds, and locations, to the Royal College of Art in London.”
From the Introduction.
A gargoyle is a carved stone waterspout on a building, designed to carry rainwater away from the roof and walls.
A Tattie-bogle is a Scottish scarecrow.
Phyllis Dodd 1899-1995
Douglas Percy Bliss 1900-1984
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
