London: Fulgur, 2005. First hardcover trade edition. Black cloth oblong quarto in pictorial black DJ with white and red text; 86 pages: illustrations, portraits; 24 x 30 cm As new. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780953101672, 9780953101689
Hand-numbered copy Number 311/500 of limited edition."In our modern age of cynicism, it is easy to think that the 19th century Romantic notion of the starving artist is but a myth. Yet for the visionary and mystic Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956) the hardships of a creative life were all too real. Finding fame and notoriety as a young man, the first World War and a failing marriage brutally terminated his career and he devoted himself to exploring the strange and magical worlds of his inner vision. This book is the first full color introduction to his life and art. It includes a biographical introduction, plus essays and articles by the people who knew Spare well throughout his extraordinary and creative life. Profusely illustrated, with many of the images never seen before, this book will appeal to connoisseurs, collectors and the quizzically curious" --Jacket.
