[Sketchbooks, and related material.] - Jarrett (Patricia) Roland Batchelor, water-colours and drawings. A 20th-century view of the human comedy. Introduction by Ernest Greenwood. Edinburgh: Christopher Skilton, 1982, FIRST EDITION, Batchelor illustrations throughout with many colour-printed, pp. 84, 4to, original brown leatherette, backstrip lettered in gilt, monochrome photograph of Batchelor loosely inserted, dustjacket, very good- Sketchbook ['Normandy 1961'], various pen and water-colour sketches of figures and scenes with the majority in colour, pp. 56, foolscap 8vo, original spiral-bound sketchbook with 'Normandy 1961' and 'Bernay, Orbec' written by artist in pen to front, a few indeterminate sums to back in Batchelor's hand, very good- Sketchbook [undated], pen and pencil sketches of various figures with many to a page mostly, some notes as to colouring and shading, pp. [23], foolscap 8vo, original cloth-backed sketchbook with a few loose pages at front, Batchelor's name in pencil to rear, very good- Notebook [undated, circa 1949], pen and pencil notes with the occasional sketch, foolscap 8vo, original wrappers, a little fraying and creasing with an inkspot at head and some handling marks to front, good4 Vols.

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