Frederick Whiley Hilles (46 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good minus. First Edition. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, xx + 318 pages, black cloth with paper title label on spine. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. In a very good, lightly edgeworn dust jacket with small chips at the folds, and some fading to color along backstrip.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 318 pages. Ex-university library marks, light wear and staining to the covers; pages tanned; a good solid binding. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literary Criticism & Essays; Inventory No: 217724.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. xxii, 273 (1) pp, frontis. Collected and Edited by Frederick Whiley: 1929. Owner's ex libris plate on front paste down. Light wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.5" x 8.25". Marbled boards with blue cloth back strip, and gilt lettering to spine. "Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was an English painter who specialized in portraits. He promoted the 'Grand Style' in painting, which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and has been referred to as the 'master who revolutionized British Art.'" Size: Octavo. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xx, 318 pp, list and discription of the two illustrations, preface, introduction, I. Education; II. At the Feet of His Oracle; III. Debut; IV. Recognition Abroad; V. Critic of Art; VI. Critic of Literature; VII. The Library of a Painter; VIII. The Making of the Discourses; IX. Johnsoniana; X. Age and Infrimities; Appendix: I. Sir Joshua's Reading Notes; II. The Discourses in Embryo; IV. Bibliography of Sir Joshua's Writings; index. Reprinted, 1967. "The object of this study is to present but a single phase of Sir Joshua's life -- a phase which though not the most important, nevertheless merits our attention. Joshua as he appears in these pages is seen in his off-hours, out of his studio. He is the man, rather than the artist. Although passionately devoted to his profession as a painter, he repeatedly indicated his contempt for the man who was a painter and nothing more. When he was out of his studio, he associated not with painters but with men of letters. His closest friends were those whose careers were literary, and in their society he was filled with a desire to emulate them. As a result he is said to haave left at his death at least two thousand manuscript pages -- essays for periodicals, criticism on art for his Discourses, notes on Shakespeare for his friends Johnson, Malone, or Steevens. By profession a painter, his ambition, particularly near the end of his life, was to be considered an equally proficient writer. It would have given him no little satisfaction to have been told that in the course of the century and a half immediately following his death, his Discourses wer to be reprinted on an average of once every three years; would have pleased to know that almost as much space is accorded him in the Oxford Book of English Prose as to his contemporaries who devoted their lives to writing." from the Preface. Not Price Clipped. Lightly faded backgound spine dj; lettering bright and bold, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: 8vo. Book.

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, black cloth with a paper label on the spine in a dust jacket. The bottom edges of the covers are slightly faded & there is a tiny mark to the front cover. The dust jacket is chipped and lightly soiled & foxed. xx & 318 pages. Illustrated with 2 facsimiles There is some light foxing to the edges of the book. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First American edition, distributed by MacMillan with their name on the dust wrapper.A study of the second, less known career of painter Sir Joshua Reynolds as a writer, including his famous "Discourses".

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition with light wear on cover and light stains.

Condition: Good. Light wear and fading to boards. Bumping. Content is aged toned. No DJ.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original printed paper spine labels chipped along edge.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 318pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges just starting to tan and fox. Two small blemishes on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Sir Joshua Reynolds is known as the founder of the English school of painting being the first president of the Royal Academy - this book concentrates on his letters and manuscripts including essays for periodicals, criticism on art for his Discourses, notes on Shakespeare for his friends etc.

Paperback. Condition: New. Originally published in 1929, this book contains an edited collection of the letters of the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. The letters included cover the period between October 1740 and November 1791, and Hilles includes an appendix at the back of letters that he was not able to include in the collection. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the life of one of Britain's most famous painters.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-lib with usual library labels and stamps. A bit of shelf wear. Otherwise a solid, unmarked volume. Index. xx, 318 pp.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. 171pp. 1967 reprint. Red boards with gilt lettering. Green dust jacket with black lettering. Book is very good, some wear to jacket, yellowing to edges and spine.

Cloth. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 318pp, some foxing to eps, corners bumped, some soiling to cover, contents clean.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Originally published in 1929, this book contains an edited collection of the letters of the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACQ; AGB; BJ; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 35. . 2015. paperback. . . . .

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Originally published in 1929, this book contains an edited collection of the letters of the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACQ; AGB; BJ; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 35. . 2015. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 304 pages. 8.20x5.20x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 273 p. 13x20,5cm. Bookplate of the Fraser Institute. Publisher's binding slight worn. code 1066.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book examines the extraordinary literary pursuits of Sir Joshua Reynolds, one of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. As the first president of the academy, Reynolds's artistic achievements are widely recognized. Yet, his role as a writer and literary critic is less well known. The book argues that in his lifetime Reynolds was just as famous for his eloquent and insightful writings, especially his Discourses on Art, as he was for his paintings. By examining his unpublished writings and published letters, the author uncovers Reynolds's deep engagement with the literary world, showing his profound appreciation of painters, poets, and other artists, as well as his desire for recognition as a writer. As Reynolds himself once remarked, he had an insatiable hunger to be considered not just a painter, but a cultured man of letters. This book shows that he was nothing less. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.