Simon Whistler — On a Glass Lightly

Marlborough, Libanus Press, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. Signed limited first edition on the glass engravings of Simon Whistler, illustrated with over 100 photographs. First limited edition. No. 106 of 200 copies.Signed by the author to limitation page.In publisher's original red cloth binding. With matching slipcase.Featuring a frontispiece and over 100 photographs of glass engravings.Booklet tipped in to the rear of text entitled Templa Quam Dilecta: The Stowe Bowl. Features further photographs of the design by Whistler's father.From Simon Whistler, notable glass engraver and son of Laurence Whistler, also a glass engraver, poet and first President of the British Guild of Glass Engravers. With a foreword by Christopher Booker. This smart volume provides countless examples of Whistler's work with additional insight into the craftmanship behind each piece. In publisher's original red cloth binding. With matching slipcase. Booklet tipped in to the rear of text entitled Templa Quam Dilecta: The Stowe Bowl. Externally, pristine but slipcase features slight shelf wear and a faint mark to the front. Internally, firmly bound. Limitation page to the rear of work signed by the author to Deborah Stuart. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: John Pasmore, Peter Lowry, James Mitchell, et al. Near Fine .