Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1951, 1951
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Ruhemann, Helmut / Kemp, Ellen M. The artist at work. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1951, "First Published 1951", 72pp., sewn oblong PAPERBACK, good used copy, cover worn around edges, sewing of signatures is a bit weak at about page 16, but it remains a fun book to read, with short notes on differences in side-by-side illustrations covering various techniques and approaches. CONTENTS: Influences: Environment and task -- Artistic tradition -- Personality: Creative impulse -- Training -- The work of art: Inspiration -- Planning -- Style -- Optical principles -- Preliminary studies -- Tricks of the trade -- Sketch -- Finished picture -- The work in progress -- Watercolour -- Pastel -- Texture -- Main types of painting techniques -- Milestones -- Decline -- Recovery -- The French impressionists -- The neo-impressionists -- The post-impressionists -- Cézanne and eclectics -- Contemporary British painters -- Contemporary continental painters -- Some misconceptions.
Published by Praeger Publishers, 1968
Seller: The Book Corner, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex-library hardcover. No dust jacket. Library stickers, labels and stamps on cover and inside. Cover is in good condition. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, free of markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very Good hardcover in illustrated boards. General aging to the exterior. The text is clean and bright. Illustrated throughout. Overall a great reference copy. 508 pp.
Published by Max Parrish, 1948
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition. 79 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably foxed. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1968
Seller: G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Brick cloth; printed label of front pastedown, else a clean, sharp copy. Plate illustrations, some in color.; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1951
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Penguin books (Series) ; E37. Physical description: 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Arts Council of Great Britain. Painting technique. Art ; Exhibitions. Painting, European, 14th-20th century. 3 Kg.
Published by Frederick A. Praeger, New York, NY, 1968
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1968. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Jacket has edge wear, short tears. 508 pages. 6163.
Published by Frederick A. Praeger, 1968
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frederick A. Praeger January 1968 Hardcover with jacket.
Published by Frederick A. Praeger, NY, 1968
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Brick color cloth in dust jacket. Some pencil underlining in text.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 312p red cloth with gilt lettering, spine sunned and with fraying, from a Cambridge college library with label and remains of label on spine, boards worn, bookplate and barcode to endpaper, small brownish stain on page edge, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good Language: English.
Language: English
Published by New York: Hacker Art Books, 1982
ISBN 10: 0878172815 ISBN 13: 9780878172818
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Large octavo bound in gray & white pictorial cloth. B&W illustrations. Condition: minor wear to binding; else very good. 508 pages.
Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1951
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Very good paperback copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 72 pages: illustrations (some color); 19 x 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Influences: Environment and task -- Artistic tradition -- Personality: Creative impulse -- Training -- The work of art: Inspiration -- Planning -- Style -- Optical principles -- Preliminary studies -- Tricks of the trade -- Sketch -- Finished picture -- The work in progress -- Watercolour -- Pastel -- Texture -- Main types of painting techniques -- Milestones -- Decline -- Recovery -- The French impressionists -- The neo-impressionists -- The post-impressionists -- Cézanne and eclectics -- Contemporary British painters -- Contemporary continental painters -- Some misconceptions.Subjects: Painting. Painting Technique. Art; Exhibitions.Art. Painting Technique.Genre: Exhibition catalogs.Illustrated. Summary:Scope and content: This book "represents . the exhibition of the same title suggested and organized in 1944 for the British Institute of Adult Education and C.E.M.A. (now the Arts Council of Great Britain) by Ellen M. Kemp and designed by H. Ruhemann." 3 Kg.
Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1951
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Penguin books (Series) ; E37. Physical description: 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Arts Council of Great Britain. Painting technique. Art ; Exhibitions. Painting, European, 14th-20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Published by Praeger 1968, 1968
Seller: Joel Rudikoff Art Books, White Plains, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First American 4to, cloth. 508 pp, 101 illustrations (6 in color), 133-page annotated bibliography. Arntzen/Rainwater M44. Very good in dj.
Language: English
Published by Faber and Faber, Great Britain, 1968
ISBN 10: 0571080839 ISBN 13: 9780571080830
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jaket has light shelf, staining along the edges and it has been clipped. The edges of the book are somewhat tanned. Ther first page has the name of a previous owner. The inside cover has minor spotting. 508 pages with plates. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size G: 10"-11" Tall (254-279mm).
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1968,, 1968
ISBN 10: 0571080839 ISBN 13: 9780571080830
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Quarto, hardcover, VG in rust tweed boards. No dj. 508 pp. with Bibliography and lengthy index. 6 color plates, 95 monochrome plates, 4 line diagrams. Classic title by one of the world's leading authorities, at the time for many years Consultant Restorer to the National Gallery. Extensive appendices, bibliography. Book.
Card. Condition: Fair. This book "represents. the exhibition of the same title suggested and organized in 1944 for the British Institute of Adult Education and C. E. M. A. (now the Arts Council of Great Britain) by Ellen M. Kemp and designed by H. Ruhemann"--Page 2. DJ. DJ torn on top spine and worn at edges; foxing to inside FEP. 84 pages.
Language: English
Published by Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1968
Seller: Newbury Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. light foxing to top and fore edges of text block, dust jacket price-clipped. Dust jacket in clear protector. Illustrated with 6 color plates, 95 monochrome plates, and 4 line diagrams in the text. 508pp 3.11lb 10.0x7.6x1.4in.
Published by Parrish
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1951
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Very good paperback copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 72 pages: illustrations (some color); 19 x 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Influences: Environment and task -- Artistic tradition -- Personality: Creative impulse -- Training -- The work of art: Inspiration -- Planning -- Style -- Optical principles -- Preliminary studies -- Tricks of the trade -- Sketch -- Finished picture -- The work in progress -- Watercolour -- Pastel -- Texture -- Main types of painting techniques -- Milestones -- Decline -- Recovery -- The French impressionists -- The neo-impressionists -- The post-impressionists -- Cézanne and eclectics -- Contemporary British painters -- Contemporary continental painters -- Some misconceptions.Subjects: Painting. Painting Technique. Art; Exhibitions.Art. Painting Technique.Genre: Exhibition catalogs.Illustrated. Summary:Scope and content: This book "represents . the exhibition of the same title suggested and organized in 1944 for the British Institute of Adult Education and C.E.M.A. (now the Arts Council of Great Britain) by Ellen M. Kemp and designed by H. Ruhemann." 1 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Frederick A. Praeger, 1968
Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st US edition. First American edition 1968, first printing, no previous printings listed. Published by Frederick A. Praeger. Hardcove in full cloth r with DJ. Condition fine, square tight and clean book, very slight edgewear, corners not bumped, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent pages, not a reminder. DJ near fine, bright, slight edgewear, no tears, no chips, price clipped. 4yo, 508 pages, bibliography, notes. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. ASIN ? : ? B001B384IU.
Language: English
Published by Faber And Faber, London, 1968
ISBN 10: 0571080839 ISBN 13: 9780571080830
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Largo 8vo. pp: 508. First edition. Original publisher's pink cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine in original publisher's colour illustrated dust jacket. Copiously illustrated with five colour plates and 95 plates in black and white. Previous owner's name at ffep in ink.ISBN: 0571080839 Dust jacket shows signs of shelfwear with small marks at front and rear covers, slightly creased top edge, and an approximately 4 cm long stain across tail of spine. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Otherwise solid and internally perfectly clean copy. Very good indeed in good plus dust jacket.
Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher - Faber and Faber, London, 1968. 1st ed. With Bibliography and supplementary material by Joyce Plesters. Good condition, tight binding, browning and foxing to page edges, but text and illustrations clean. Clipped jacket in clear plastic sleeve with edge wear to top edge.
Published by Faber & Faber London 1969, 1969
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2nd printing hardback in original cloth Nice copy quarto 508pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, appends., bibliog., index, Inc. a huge 120pp. bibliography. Neat ownership stamp o/w a nice copy.
Published by Frederick Praeger, 1968
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover with price-clipped dustjacket, 508 pages, very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Published by Praeger Publishers,, 1968
Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition 1968. Ex-library with stickers on ffep and spine, stamp on upper edge, no markings inside. Published by Praeger Publishers. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition very good, square and tight book, corners not bumped, edgewear, no underlinings, no highlights, page corners not creased, not a reminder. DJ fine, no edgewear, no tears, no chips, no foxing, price not clipped. Thick 4to, 508 pages, illustrated. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. ASIN ? : ? B001B384IU.
Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1968
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Condition: Good. Hardcover book , First edition. Orange cloth lettered in gilt to spine on black panel, no dustjacket. 508pp. With 6 colour plates, 95 monochrome photos in plates and 4 line drawings in the text. The author was a conservator of paintings at the National Gallery. Includes bibliography and supplementary material by Joyce Plesters. A Good only copy. Covers clean and bright. Most pages clean but a few have large brown stains ( while used in a conservator's studio?) - though they do not prevent the text being clearly read. Also some smaller spot stains and browning to the closed page edges; front endpapers rather spotted and have name and small gift inscription . Pictures available.
Published by Frederick A. Praeger
Seller: Open Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. General wear from age and use. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
Published by London, Faber & Faber, London, 1982
Seller: Messinissa libri, Milano, MI, Italy
rilegato hardcover. Condition: Ottimo (Fine). 1982; Opera con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta alettata. Numerose illustrazioni a colori e b/n nt e ft.pp. 508GQ3 . Book.