World Pictures: Being a Record in Colour, illustrations by Mortimer Menpes, with text by Dorothy Menpes (HC, weak spine, $8, which is 1/3 the internet price.)
How unusual to see a woman credited as an author. It probably helped that she was Menpes' daughter.
These 100 illustrations are amazing, some in black and white, but many in color. They are all suitable for framing. I am impressed, but then most people are.
Menpes was raised in Australia, but went to art school in England. He would meet Whistler and become both his student and assistant. Following an argument with Whistler, Menpes traveled the world doing both paintings and the color etchings he was so famous for. The illustrations in this book are examples of the beauty of his art.
Look for this book on the new non-fiction table, avail. 3/28. (L:art)
