The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. As pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right
Published by London: William Heinemann, 1890
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Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United KingdomBow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
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First edition. 8vo. (xvi), 292 pp. Publisher's yellow cloth backed boards, lettered to the spine and upper cover. Foxing to the front and rear, repair to the head of the upper joint, rubbing to the boards. An account of Whistler's libel suit against John Ruskin, the critic having savagely reviewed the painting "Nocturne" - "I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The trial damaged both men, although Whistler won he was awarded only a farthing and the costs bankrupted him, while Ruskin's authority as the leading critic of his time was fatally wounded.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. As pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right
- Author
- WHISTLER, J. McNeill
- Publisher
- London: William Heinemann
- Publication year
- 1890
- Seller catalogs
- Art
Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
Lewes, United Kingdom
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Store description
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association…
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Literature, Topography & Travel, Maps & Atlases, Geology, Fine Bindings & Fore Edge Paintings, General Antiquarian, Science, Natural History, Sussex, BloomsburyAssociation member
Seller's business information
Bow Windows Bookshop Ltd.
175 High Street
Lewes, United Kingdom BN7 1YE
Terms of sale
We can accept payment by Mastercard, Visa and Sterling cheques, as well as by bank transfer. Please make cheques payable to Bow Windows Bookshop Ltd. All books must be prepaid before sending, unless you are already known to us. All books are returnable for a full refund if found not to be as described. Postage will be charged at cost and at buyer's request by air or surface mail, and will automatically include full insurance cover.
Bow Windows Bookshop Ltd., registered in England and Wales, company no. 7290146. Registered office: 1 West Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2NZ.
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If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom, +44 (0)1273 480 780, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
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