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Hardback – 185 mm x 143 mm – 64 pages

Twenty-seven colour illustrations

ISBN 9781843682790

William Nicholson was still in his twenties when he started working on books for the publisher William Heinemann that combined a hugely powerful woodcut style with peerlessly precise observation and sly humour. An Alphabet brings together a collection of portraits, from A is an Artist to Z is a Zoologist whose liveliness is only increased by the calligraphic vigour of Nicholson's print style. A great classic of British book illustration, unavailable for decades.

Published simultaneously with two other works The Square Book of Animals and The Book of Blokes. William Nicholson is the subject of a major exhibition at Pallant House, Chichester, opening in November 2025.