George Boas Editor (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Please find: "Courbet and the Naturalistic Movement" edited by George Boas. It is a compilation of essays read at the Baltimore Museum of Art on May 16, 17, 18, 1938. There is a small flyer laid-in which was apparently a handout of the John Hopkins Press, advertizing this book. It includes an excerpt from the Foreword, to wit: "The papers which follow in this volume were written to test an hypothesis about the history of art: that any artistic movement spreads beyond the limits of a particular art to the various non-artistic activities which characterize an epoch." Please see the photo of the Table of Content for the full list of the essays read on this occasion in 1938. Condition: This book is in very good condition. The hard covers are a bit dust-dulled and the upper corners are bumped, the front corner down to the boards. There are some light tide lines on the paper label on the spine of the book. Inside, the book is unmarked and the pages are bright white and clean throughout, without toning or foxing. Both hinges are intact and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. ASIN: B00085D23E Hardcover; fading and edge wear to exterior; cover board wearing at lower front corner; former owner's name written on front endpape r; small amount of underlining and a few margin marks written in pencil; ot herwise in good condition with tight binding.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xviii, 343 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Early Printing, Copyright 1934, No Later Printing Indicated. Fine Book, No Wear, Browning To Endpapers, Former Owner's Information On Front Free Endpaper With 1944 Date. Dj Lightly Used, Browning To Flaps And Inside, Faint Discoloration And Tiny Hole On Spine. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Remainder mark. Clean, unmarked pages. xi, 206 p., frontispiece, 23 cm. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good in boards. Two inscriptions to front end page. Minor edgewear. Foxing to frontispiece page, tissue guard, and verso frontispiece. Text is clean and unmarked. Includes the original program, as well as a small promotional leaflet from the publisher. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG; boards very lightly warped. Pale green paper over boards; dark green spine with cream title block on spine; 149 pp. Numerous bw plates; 10 essays by eminent specialists: The Political and Social Background of Naturalism, Naturalism in Literature, Naturalism in Music, The Precursors of Naturalism, Courbet and His Critics, The Academic Point of View in the Second Empire, The Anti-Naturalists, Naturalism in America, Naturalism in English Painting, and Naturalism in the Graphic Arts; also included is a small program from The Johns Hopkins Playshop from a program illustrating The Influence of Naturalism on the Drama, May 17, 1938: You Can't Think of Everything and Uncle Vanya. Finally, An Exhibition of Paintings by Courbet, the catalogue of the exhibition held simultaneously from May 3 to 29th, 1938, also by Boas, comes with this lot. It includes a chronology of Courbet, 11 bw plates and a list of the 25 works shown, each described, with an essay by Boas. Three very good bits from a Courbet symposium by the Baltimore Museum of Art, plus a vintage bookmark from the J.H. Furst Company, Baltimore.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book is very cleanwith slight soiling to top foredge. Rear free endpaper has a blue line lightly marked through part. Unmarked interior pages. DJ has sligth wear and moderate rubbing. Now enclosed in a protective covering. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 456 pages. 10.90x8.40x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ex-library. xv, 482 pages ; 25 cm.