Nicholson, William

Almanach de Douze Sports 1898. Etude sur William Nicholson et son Art par Octave Uzanne. Paris: [Imprimerie Labure for] Société Française d'Editions d'Art, [1898]



Large 4to (12 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.; 305 x 244 mm). Half-title with limitation on verso, woodcut title vignette, 12 color-printed lithographs after woodcuts, some text illustrations. Publisher's pictorial wrappers, bound in modern half morocco and marbled boards.

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No. 42 of 50 copies on japan paper, of a total edition of 1070. William Newzam Prior Nicholson (1872–1949) collaborated with James Pryde in the design of posters, capturing the attention of Octave Uzanne who composed the present appreciation of his work with splendid examples from his Almanac of Twelve Sports.