"FOUGASSE" [i.e. Cyril Kenneth BIRD (1887-1965), artist]. Drawing the Line Somewhere, London, 1937, 8vo, original buckram, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with an original pencil and watercolour drawing signed "Fougasse". And another. (2)

"FOUGASSE" [i.e. Cyril Kenneth BIRD (1887-1965), artist].  Drawing the Line Somewhere. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1937. 8vo (186 x 120mm). Half title, illustrations by "Fougasse". Original yellow pictorial buckram lettered in dark blue, pale blue endpapers (spine a little discoloured, some light staining, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half title "Jane Portal, with [?]lots of author's compliments," with an original pencil and watercolour drawing of a man with an umbrella standing at a bus stop, signed, "Fougasse." With the same artist's Family Group (London, 1944, 8vo, original yellow buckram, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the half title inscribed in blue ink, "Jane, A Happy Christmas from us both, M. H. & K. B.", with an original sketch in blue ink of two birds, and further signed by the artist on the upper cover. "Fougasse", editor of "Punch" magazine between 1949 and 1953, is perhaps best remembered for his Second World War posters, most notably "Careless Talk Costs Lives". He also designed many posters for the London Underground. (2)

Provenance: The Late Lady Williams of Elvel (1929-2023) 

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