Kyffin Williams – The Land & The Sea – First Edition 1998
£85.00
A first edition, first impression of The Land & The Sea by Kyffin Williams, published by Gomer in 1998, with Preface by Nicholas Sinclair. A fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original grey cloth with silver titling to the spine, debossed KW in roundel to front board, illustrated in colour throughout. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, fading to the spine and single closed tear to lower edge of rear panel.
The Land and the Sea by Kyffin Williams is a reflective, illustrated book celebrating the landscapes of Wales that shaped his art and identity. Combining autobiography, essays, and reproductions of paintings, Williams writes about mountains, farms, coastal villages and the people who inhabit them. He explores memory, place, and belonging with warmth and candour. The book reveals how weather, labour and tradition inform artistic vision, offering an intimate portrait of a painter rooted deeply in land and culture.
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A first edition, first impression of The Land & The Sea by Kyffin Williams, published by Gomer in 1998, with Preface by Nicholas Sinclair. A fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original grey cloth with silver titling to the spine, debossed KW in roundel to front board, illustrated in colour throughout. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, fading to the spine and single closed tear to lower edge of rear panel.
The Land and the Sea by Kyffin Williams is a reflective, illustrated book celebrating the landscapes of Wales that shaped his art and identity. Combining autobiography, essays, and reproductions of paintings, Williams writes about mountains, farms, coastal villages and the people who inhabit them. He explores memory, place, and belonging with warmth and candour. The book reveals how weather, labour and tradition inform artistic vision, offering an intimate portrait of a painter rooted deeply in land and culture.
