Edward McKnight Kauffer Journal — 1915 Oxhey Woods & The North Downs Colour Lithograph Posters

In 1915, Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954) produced his first railway posters for Frank Pick's visionary campaign — and turned a train journey into an invitation to dream. The front cover presents Oxhey Woods, a post-impressionist vision of the Hertfordshire woodland in bold, flat colour fields of green, amber, and gold, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd.; the back cover presents The North Downs, a stylised panorama of the chalk ridge of South East England printed by Johnson, Riddle & Company Ltd. — among the very first four posters Kauffer produced for the railways, landmark works now in the collection of the London Transport Museum, and defining images of the moment when modernist art entered the daily life of the British public.

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Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal with matte laminated full-wrap cover
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 250 g (0.55 lbs)
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print; small 0.5" × 0.5" production barcode on back

Perfect For

• Admirers of British modernist poster art and graphic design history celebrating the legacy of Edward McKnight Kauffer
• Travellers, walkers, and lovers of the English countryside drawn to Oxhey Woods and the North Downs
• Collectors of London Transport Museum art and the Frank Pick railway poster tradition
• Transport history enthusiasts drawn to the origins of 20th-century commercial art
• Design lovers who appreciate the moment when modernism entered the daily life of the British public
• Thoughtful gift for Anglophiles, historians, and creative minds