The Square Book of Animals, by William Nicholson (pre-publication copies)
The Square Book of Animals, by William Nicholson (pre-publication copies)
£12.99
Special pre-publication copies shipping now. Buy in good bookshops from March 2026.
Hardback – 143 mm x 143 mm – 32 pages
Thirteen colour illustrations
ISBN 9781843682806
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. The Square Book of Animals brings together a collection of twelve beasts drawn with Nicholson's sweeping line and unerring eye for the lively detail. The text is by Arthur Waugh, the father of Evelyn Waugh. A great classic of British book illustration, unavailable for decades.
Published simultaneously with two other works An Alphabet and The Book of Blokes. William Nicholson is the subject of a major exhibition at Pallant House, Chichester, opening in November 2025.
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