My brush is my sword : Anthony Gross, war artist

Julian Francis

RA Collection: Book

Record number

23/247

Author

Imprint

Huddersfield: The Fleece Press, 2022

Physical Description

172 pages : illustrations ; 23.5 x 28.5 cm.

General Note

`There are 330 copies of this book on the work Anthony Gross did as an Official War Artist during World War Two; all are quarter bound in cloth and Louise Brockman’s fine marbled paper. The book was bound by new friends at Ludlow Bookbinders. The images were prepared by Ian Wright Creative; Keith Stubley and Emma Nunnington saw it through the press at my old friends Northend in Sheffield, who printed it on Munken Pure uncoated paper.’ [colophon].
`Conceived, designed, typeset & published by Simon Lawrence at his Fleece Press, 95 Denby Lane, Upper Denby, Huddersfield, HD8 8TZ.’ [verso of title page].
Maps on front and back endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index.
With prospectus loosely inserted.

Contents

Introduction -- Anthony Gross. My Brush is My Sword -- Early life, 1905-39 -- The Home Front, 1939-41 -- Egypt, the Middle East and Iran, 1941-42 -- India, Burma, Egypt, 1943 -- D-Day, France, Belgium, Holland & Germany, 1944-45 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Select bibliography -- Index

Binding Note

Bound in quarter red cloth and red marbled paper. Light grey spine label titled in black: `My Brush is My Sword. Anthony Gross'

Name as Subject

Subject

World War Two
War artists

Contributors

Simon Lawrence, publisher, book designer, compositor
Louise Brockman, marbled paper maker
Emma Nunnington, printer
Keith Stubly, printer
The Fleece Press, publisher
Ludlow Bookbinders, binder
Northend Creative Print Solutions, printer
Ian Wright Creative, printer

ISBN

9781916335554