Caspar John [with ephemera and order of Memorial Service]

Excellent association copy of this biography of Augustus John's son and later Admiral of the Fleet Caspar John with a collection of photographs of his family by the British potter and family friend Harry Horlock-Stringer, most interestingly 'Mural for the John children Rebecca [the book's writer] Caroline and Phineas on their Bedroom wall 13 Woodlands Rd, Barnes, London SW13 Showing the Family 'Old Cab' Painter by Harry Horlock Stringer'. Stringer who worked at the old Fulham Pottery in the 1950s subsequently moved to nearby Taggs Yard in Barnes, south-west London. His work made him friends from across the world including many leading potters and lay enthusiasts such as the actor Ginger Rogers. Stringer experimented with his own glazes and firing techniques, and wrote a book on Raku, becoming a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association, editing the association's journal for a time and exhibiting widely as well as lecturing at home and abroad. Additionally Memorial Service, St Martin in the Fields, 1984 service order laid in.