Occult & Esoterica
[Spare, Austin Osman] Borough Satyr. The Life and Art of Austin Osman Spare
[Spare, Austin Osman] Borough Satyr. The Life and Art of Austin Osman Spare
Compiled and Edited by Robert Ansell
London: Fulgur Limited, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Landscape quarto. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, this being no. 203. Black cloth with small blind-stamped image to front panel, silver spine titles. 96pp, color and b&w illustrations. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
An excellent introduction to the work of Austin Spare. The book was published to accompany an exhibition of Spare's work at the Maas Gallery in London and it contains a comprehensive collection of his art, a biographical introduction, a checklist of his exhibitions and essays by those who knew Spare personally. Contributors include Kenneth and Steffi Grant, Clifford Bax, Hannen Swaffer, Philip Paul, John Smith, Haydn Mackay, Ralph Straus and Grace Rogers.