* Batsford (Brian Caldwell Cook, 1910-1991). Country Church, oil on canvas, depicting an old stone church with square tower, viewed through tall trees, signed in red lower right, 41 x 51cm (16 x 20ins), framedQty: (1)NOTESEnglish painter Brian Batsford is perhaps best-known as the designer and illustrator of the dust jackets of the highly collectible Batsford books from the 1930s to the 1950s. In 1928 he began working for the production department of the publishing firm of B.T. Batsford, of which his uncle, Harry Batsford, was chairman. After his uncle's death he became chairman of the firm from 1952 until 1974.