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224p blue cloth a little aged, cledan copy with plates, Ceylon postcard inserted and Colombo library stamp to back
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THE SECOND BOOK IN A TRILOGY ABOUT THE THREE GREAT MOVEMENTS IN VICTORIAN ART - OSCAR WILDE, SWINBURNE, JAMES WHISTLER, ET AL. THIS BOOK CENTRES AROUND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF TWO GREAT TRIALS - THAT OF OSCAR WILDE BROUGHT BY BOSIE'S FATHER, THE MARQUESS OF QUEENSBERRY, AND THE OTHER OF JAMES WHISTLER BY RUSKIN. THE LATTER FAMOUSLY ACCUSED WHISTLER'S WORK. 9/11/87-OFFSET CARDINAL: B: 5000 @ $3.99: 224PP: UC=51P: BOOKWOVE: SANS INSET BUT SEE COMMENT FOR PRERAPHAELITE TRAGEDY. STET(7/12/87).
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date1945
- ISBN 10 0827418299
- ISBN 13 9780827418295
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
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The Aesthetic Adventure
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Jonathan Cape, London
(1945)
ISBN 10: 0827418299
ISBN 13: 9780827418295
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Missing DJ, some shelf and edge wear, corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Gift message dated May 1945 to front endpaper, some small ink margin marks. ; Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. ; 224 pages; One of a series of essential art history books by William Gaunt. An in depth study of the late 19th century's aesthetic movement with illustrations. Seller Inventory # 20671
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