(Fleece Press.) Simon Lawrence: 'Dunbar Hay Ltd - 1935-40 - ...

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(Fleece Press.) Simon Lawrence: 'Dunbar Hay Ltd - 1935-40 - & the achievements of Cecilia Dunbar Kilburn', Upper Denby, The Fleece Press, 2016, limited edition, one of 150 standard copies from a total edition of 270, illustrated throughout with numerous colour and b/w plates (several tipped in/folding), content/ills. including Eric Ravilious, Tirzah Garwood, Enid Marx etc, 4to, original quarter cloth over patterned paper covered boards based on an unidentified Dunbar Hay cloth sample, printed paper label to spine, original concertina folding prospectus (850) and some relevant material on Dunbar Hay Ltd loosely inserted.

An attractive retail history of Dunbar Hay Ltd., of 15 Albemarle Street, London, W1. The shop was founded in 1936 by Cecilia Dunbar Kilburn and Athole Hay and gave opportunities for graphic artists, including Eric Ravilious, Eric Bawden and Enid Marx, to show their designs, including furniture, furnishings, ceramics, fabrics, patterns. Within four years it had closed for the war, and its stock and records destroyed by bombing