D.S. Andrews studied at the Royal College of Art. After military service in World War I, he worked as an illustrator, painter and illuminator. He was also successively head of the Bath School of Art, principal of Derby School of Arts and Crafts, and principal of Leeds and Sheffield Colleges of Art.
' Something of great beauty and more than antiquarian interest ' Conde Nast Traveller (March 2009) 'Black's Sketchbooks - small format hardbacks providing attractive portraits of British cities as depicted by well-known artists in the early twentieth century.' The Bookseller