High Street

Product Information

Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. A very enjoyable book - beautifully produced and a fascinating snapshot of the high street as it was around the middle part of the Twentieth Century.

A close friend of Edward Bawden, he evoked the English landscape, culture and customs in his striking watercolours and ceramic designs. Although not a limited edition, only about 2000 copies were ever printed as all the lithographic plates were destroyed during the Blitz. With the addition of text from Ravilious's friend, Jim Richards, what was produced was one of the most famous and iconic illustrated books of the twentieth century. Founded by Simon and Angie Lewin in 2005, our online gallery presents a selection of limited edition original prints – available for purchase. We showcase the very best in British printmaking with limited edition prints from artists including Angie Lewin, Mark Hearld, Jonny Hannah, Christopher Brown and many more.Eric Ravilious (1903–1942) was a painter, designer, illustrator and wood engraver, and he remains one of the best-known English artists of the 1930s. Selected items may be purchased early for dispatch from the future date given in their product information. This is followed by two illustrated essays, "The Making of High Street" and "High Street at Seventy" by Powers and Russell, respectively.

Small bump to bottom corner of front cover, otherwise fine in fine card slipcase (apparently most copies were issued without the slipcase). First edition, sole impression; 8vo; 24 colour lithograph plates and plain wood-engraved title vignette by Eric Ravilious; publisher's pictorial boards, with the 'transmatic' dust jacket and printed card flaps, a superb copy in the rare cellophane dust-jacket with printed paper flaps, cellophane shrunk as usual with front flap separated, nevertheless a stunning copy of a vulnerable book.Only 2000 copies printed as the lithographic plates were destroyed during the Blitz (according to Mainstone Press, who published a limited edition facsimile with essays and further illustrations in 2008).

The window display ' shows a diver working at the bottom of the sea, and several different kinds of helmet. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Although they are all admired, Ravilious is particularly revered, perhaps because he died at the age of 39, while serving as an official war artist stationed in Iceland. In this environment there was no reason for a retailer to specialise, hence the diversification noted by Burke, and the accompanying loss of distinctiveness.Here you’ll find a growing selection of our art prints for sale – all are available for immediate purchase online. James Russell is an art historian and curator specialising in Modern and Contemporary art and design. We'll add a further small selection of Eric Ravilious 'High Street' original 1938 lithographs to our online gallery soon.