Living Colour

John Everard

London

:

George Routledge & Sons

,

1937

.
First Edition.

29cm x 22cm. 14, [24] pages, 24 plates, colour photographs. Cloth, red lettering and decoration, no jacket.

First edition of “The first collection of direct color photographs of the human body to be published in book form” (from jacket of US edition). A beautiful artistic treatment of the form. Each photograph is accompanied by technical specifications and a compositional line drawing. An introductory essay by Everard provides technical guidance on the colour photography of the day.

Slightly cocked. Some soiling to cloth. Small rub to top edge of lower board. Interior clean aside from Bookseller’s stamp of Bishop’s Bookshop, Adelaide under the title page imprint. Good Condition.