Book Illustrations by Robin Ironside
1950
The Prospector: Being the Life and Times of Rudolph Erich Raspe (1737 - 1794) by John Carswell.
The Cresset Press, London, 1950.
Hardback, 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
Cover illustrated by Robin Ironside (monochrome)
1951
The Moods of London by R.J. Cruikshank, illustrated
by Robin Ironside. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1951.
Hardback, 21.6 x 13.4 cm.
Dust-wrapper (three colours)
Full-page two-colour plates:
'St James's Park' (frontispiece)
'The Tower of London' (facing p.8)
'St. Mary-le-Strand' (facing p.20)
'Group of Animals' (facing p.40)
'Windows framing the dancing crests of Plane Trees' (facing p.68)
'The undulating character of Kensington Gardens.'The Dell, near Albert Gate' (facing p.86)
'The Union of Science and Theology at the
Athenaeum Club' (facing p.106).
The Gulf of Pleasure by Alan Ross.
George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd., London, 1951.
Hardback, 21.3 x 13.5 cm.
Dust-wrapper by Robin Ironside (four colours).
World Review (Incorporating Review of Reviews),
New Series 27, May 1951, edited by Desmond Fitzgerald.
Edward Hulton, 43 Shoe Lane, London, EC4.
Paperback, 25.9 x 18 cm.
Two full-page three-colour plates (between pp.32-33): 'Drawings
by Robin Ironside. 1. The Gardens of the Isola Bella at night.
2. Venetian Street. These drawings form part of a series on
Italian themes and are derived from impressions received during
a tour of northern Italy in the summer of 1950.'
1953
The Violins of Saint-Jacques: A Tale of the Antilles by Patrick Leigh Fermor.
John Murray and Derek Verschoyle, London, 1953.
Hardback, 12.6 x 13.6 cm.
Illustrated by Robin Ironside (uncredited)
Dust-wrapper
End-papers
Decorations:
Spoon (pp.7 & 139)
Heraldic achievement (p.19)
Chandelier (p.38)
Lovers in a gazebo (p.70)
Letter (p.93).
2nd impression, John Murray, London, 1953.
3rd impression, John Murray and Andre Deutsch, London, 1958.
St Martin's Press, New York, 1977.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1985.
John Murray, London, 2004 (including the end-papers, pp.2-3).
Poems by Christina Rossetti selected and with an introduction by Robin Ironside.
The Grey Walls Press, London, 1953.
Hardback, 21.4 x 13.8 cm.
Dust-wrapper by Robin Ironside (uncredited; two colours).
1958
Encounter, Vol.X, No. 1, January 1958, edited by Stephen Spender and Irving Kristol.
Panton House, 25 Haymarket, London, SW1.
Paperback, 25.4 x 18.5 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'The Inspiration of Antique Painting', pp.59-65,
with eight decorations by the author.
Decoration one
Decoration two
Decoration three
Decoration four
Decoration five
Decoration six
Decoration seven
Decoration eight
Christmas Cards by Robin Ironside
Adoration of the Magi
Pen on paper,
1936
18 cm by 13 cm.
The Nativity on a Lace Collar
Designed for Mr. David Horner,
Watercolour and gouache with pen and ink over pencil on paper,
1947
19.3 x 16.6 cm.
Nativity Scene
Pen on paper,
Date unknown
41 x 26 cm.Madonna and Child
Pen on paper,
Date unknown
18 x 10 cm.
Shepherd with Star of Bethlehem
Pen on paper,
Date unknown
19 x 13 cm.
Robin
Pen on paper,
Date unknown
Size unknown.