Walter Anderson's Illustrations of Epic and Voyage. [walter Inglis Anderson Art Monograph.] [signed] [first edition]

First edition (not stated per publisher's usual practice) SIGNED BY MARY ANDERSON PICKARD, DAUGHTER OF ARTIST WALTER ANDERSON. xxii, 128 pages. Hardcover: H 28.5cm x L 22cm. Illustrated dust jacket lightly rubbed, several light waves at center of front panel probably caused by some past moisture exposure but there is no dampstain effect, light abrasion at foot of front flap edge. Black cloth with embossed decoration on front board, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Introduction by Redding S. Sugg, Jr. Black/white illustrations. Redding Sugg reviews 120 drawings by Walter Anderson which were inspired by epic literature. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with Pickard's signature on the title page and some recent museum ephemera laid-in. {Art Shelf #2} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. ISBN 0809309734