Kent Smith Preface (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Featuring 78 quality reproductions with commentaries, and biographies of 49 painters. A tight copy with very light general shelf wear, a mild crease to front panel. The leaves are edge toned, otherwise contents unmarked. There is an inscription by a person named Kent on the title page; however, we cannot say with certainty it was Kent Smith (preface/art director for IL State Museum). 4to. 251pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Glossy paper-back, red with illustrated front cover, yellow and black spine lettering, yellow in black title panel to front, no obvious faults bar small curl to bottom front outer corner. Half-title page has two large black Chinese characters + 481, 58 monochrome text ills up to p.204 with one un-numbered full page pate,11 un-numbered full page plates up tp p.291, several further text ills up to p.316, 32 coloured plates up to 348, some more than one to a page, numerous further un-numbered monochrome ills, inc. several full page up to end of main text. PP. 214-452 are the catalogue of a major exhibition held between August 1994 and January 1995. Rare outside the US. 20 cm x 27.5 cm.…