#thearabs

Travellers’ Verse Edward Bawden Bawden’s first book after WW2, commissioned as one of the New Excursions into English Poetry series. Bawden autolithographed this at the Curwen Press, where he had also started work on The Arabs. He found the whole process of lithography bewildering at first and managed to persuade Harold Curwen to come out of retirement to advise him. An attractive book, but in a way a warm up for the Arabs, which is far superior (imo). #edwardbawden #travellersverse #thearabs #curwenpress #haroldcurwen #autolithography https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt2vztagMMP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w9lexysyil76

The Kaaba at Mecca Edward Bawden One of the books Carrington commissioned from Bawden was The Arabs, yet it was never republished, with many copies scrapped! Why? If you're near the Higgins, Bedford, I'm giving a talk on Carrington & Bawden at 2.30 tomorrow. Come along and find out, and see the Bawden Gallery too. #thearabs #edwardbawden #noelcarrington @thehigginsbedford @victoria_partridge

Bawden, Bedford & Carrington A BBC illustrated talk I'm giving a talk at The Higgins Gallery in Bedford at 2.30 on Sat 23 September. The focus will be on the shared publishing history & friendship between Edward Bawden & Noel Carrington, of which these two books are an example. If you live nearby then tickets are available via the Higgins' website. There will be original Bawden artwork on view too. #noelcarrington #edwardbawden @thehigginsbedford #thearabs @penguincollsoc

Edward Bawden & Noel Carrington Illustrated talk at The Higgins, Bedford. This Sat 23 at 2.30. Why was The Arabs banned? I'm giving a talk on Carrington, Bawden & Beford tomorrow for the @penguincollsoc. If you're in the area do come along, no need to book, just head for The Higgins Gallery, 30 mins before the start. #edwardbawden #thearabs #puffinpicturebooks @thehigginsbedford @victoria_partridge #penguincollectorssociety

The Kaaba at Mecca Edward Bawden A detail from The Arabs, Bawden's magnificent, but flawed, Puffin Picture Book. It was a stunning production, for which Harold Curwen was prized out of retirement to advise Bawden on the lithography. However the content was ideologically unsound and thousands were returned in protest from overseas markets and it was never reprinted. #edwardbawden #thearabs #curwenpress #haroldcurwen #autolithography #puffinpicturebooks #noelcarrington

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Elephants at the battle of Qadisiya Edward Bawden Autolithographed at the Curwen Press, for which Bawden persuaded Harold Curwen to come out of retirement to advise him, and commissioned by Noel Carrington for his Puffin Picture Book series. However, it was a flawed gem, and the book had to be withdrawn from sale. The entire sorry tale is documented in Bawden's letters and all is revealed in my book on Noel Carrington which is off to the printers shortly. Apologies for the shameless plug! #edwardbawden #thearabs #curwenpress #noelcarrington #haroldcurwen #autolithography