Rudorfe Eleanor Munro (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG/GD. y 1st Edn. 1st Imp? HARDBACK "HEAVY BOOK ~ UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st ? * Date of Publication: 1964 * Publisher: Paul Hamlyn. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. Minimal bumps & rubs, slight marks to boards, no other visible faults. VG.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a baroque picture of aristocrats at an art gallery. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf a price of 5 guineas. Considerable shelf wear to top & bottom edges, flap folds and to head & tail of spine. Partially covered in self-adhesive protective film. Some losses, re-inforced and top and bottom edges taped. Now in additional clear un-attached protective wrapper. GD* Contents condition: Ex school-library copy with the usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear. End-papers somewhat grubby, a few very slight marks to text, slight marks to all edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and reproductions throughout. * Pages: 265 pp. text. xxii pp. biographies, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Ornament from Prehistoric Times to The Twentieth Century. This remarkable volume provides a comprehensive survey of art from prehistoric times to the present. The numerous illustrations on every page, nearly 300 of which are in colour, trace the story of man's artistic development. * A NEAR VG+ ex school-library copy of the 1st./1st. thus with minor age and wear in a refurbished & protected dust jacket.* 287 pp. 1964-01-01. n.