Gargoyles and Tattie-Bogles. The Lives and Work of Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd.
Book Description
Folio. Limited edition. One of 420 copies. Original quarter cloth with a patterned paper which is a reduced version of Bliss’s pattern of tattie-bogles. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, with numerous folded tipped-in plates, and with five prints made from original blocks. Original prospectus loosely inserted. As new.
Dealer Notes
Tattie-Bogles are scarecrows employed to keep Scottish potato fields free from predators. Bliss wrote to Edward Bawden in 1924 that, ‘I am troubled by Gargoyles and Tattie-Bogles’ and Simon Lawrence of The Fleece Press decided this would make a perfect title for the book. A long overdue celebration of the work of these two artists.
Author
Yorke, Malcolm
Date
2017
Publisher
Upper Denby, The Fleece Press
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