'What do you most want from a book? To be entertained. to find that obscure bit of information. to be wowed by the pictures. James King's Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator has achieved all of this. James King uncovers the paths crossed by Paul Nash and his contemporaries Enid Marx, Eric Ravilious and Ben Nicholson and describes Nash's own particular brand of modernism as a designer of book illustrations and jackets, ceramics and glass, textiles and pattern papers, theatrical sets, not forgetting the renowned chrome and glass bathroom for the dancer Tilly Losch.Teacher of artist-designers Enid Marx, Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious, his 'outbreak of talent'; creator of daring abstract designs and intriguing surreal paintings, Nash was rare in the interwar years in seeing no distinction between the fine and applied arts.Paul Nash's work as a designer has largely been ignored by writers on fine art. James King's Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator explores the unique brand of abstraction which led Nash to create some of the most adventurous book illustrations, textile, ceramic and theatre designs of the interwar years.

' - Brian Webb, graphic designer and director of Webb & Webb Design Limited.