Collectible first edition of H. E. Bates’ five novellas The Golden Oriole

Good condition

Charles Gorham was born in Bexley in 1916. Under the guidance of William Rothenstein (painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer, and writer on art) and Ernest Tristram (British art historian, artist and conservator at the Royal College of Art during the mid-1930’s) Gorham developed his own style and worked as a painter, engraver, silversmith and graphic designer.

Having spent time in both Paris and Scotland, Gorham settled close to home in Borough Green in Kent. During the 1950s and 60s, he taught at Maidstone College of Art.

Gorham enjoyed a distinguished career as a book jacket designer working for most of the major publishing companies and is perhaps best remembered for the fifteen covers he illustrated for the Collins Companion Guides.