BLAST 1914 Wyndham Lewis Ezra Pound 1ST EDITION Vorticist Gaudier - Brzeska




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Reference Number: Avaluer:7038970Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Original Description:
Blast 1.
Printed by John Lane 1914. First edition. issues 1 of publication that only ran for 2 issues 
Edited and largely written by Wyndham Lewis with contributions from Ezra Pound, Gaudier-Brzeska, Epstein, Spencer Gore, Wadsworth, and Rebecca West 
Extract from Ford Madox Hueffer's novel The Saddest Story, better known by its later title The Good Soldier (published under his subsequent pseudonym, Ford Madox Ford). 
Lewis used a range of bold typographic in...novations including "grotesque" fonts. The text was entirely letterpress printed. It is a handmade book. 
The first twenty pages of Blast 1 contain the Vorticist manifesto, written by Lewis, Wadsworth, Pound, William Roberts, Helen Saunders, Lawrence Atkinson, Jessica Dismorr, and Gaudier-Brzeska. 
Original wood-cut plates and designs by Edward Wadsworth.
The spine has been re-backed probably in the 60s or 70s. The front and back cover is quite worn. A couple of the illustrated pages are loose but could easily be attached. The edges quite worn. 
A true art historical treasure. 



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