The Heritage of J.J. Hilder

1st Edition of this selection of works by J.J. Hilder, with text by the artist’s son Brett; being a companion to The Art of JJ Hilder, containing works not included in that volume; includes chapters giving the story of the Hilder Family, brief details of JJ Hilder’s life, family portraits, family tree, the artist’s wife (and including her own recollections), list of paintings, list of oil paintings and monotypes, list of works in artist’s sketch-book, exhibitions, bibliography, and also includes an illustrated chapter on other artists in the Hilder family; foreword by Lloyd Rees; 30 hand-tipped colour plates, including one frontispiece opposite title page; black cloth boards with gilt squirrel motif to front board, and gilt titling to spine; toning/foxing to edges of pages, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned lower edge front panel, and to edges around rear panel, minor loss (1cm) to tail of spine, o.w. Very Good.