[4] In 1928 Kermode was introduced to Henry Williamson by the well-known literary critic Sir John (Jack) Squire.
The result was the highly acclaimed Patriot’s Progress, today considered as an important contribution to the literature of World War I. Kermode also provided a cover design for a cheap edition of Tarka the Otter, published in 1929.
A fact of Kermode's work, as yet undocumented and largely ignored, is the variety of birding covers and dust wrappers which he designed, some from linocut and many bearing the simple initial "K".
[3] Sybil Andrews attended a lecture and demonstration by William Kermode on wood-block printing at Heatherley's School of Art, London in the 20s.
The Life Saver is a limited edition (of 25) original linocut measuring 16"x12" signed in pencil by William Kermode.