Varioud (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Content is clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback pamphlet in good condition. Staple binding.

Condition: Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Edizioni Letture, Milano, 1967. 246 pp. Alcune tavole fuori testo. Brossura editoriale, ottimo stato.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Crisp! I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very mild shelfwear. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. An insightful and illustrated history into comic satire from ancient Europe to Georgian Britain, offering valuable contemporary perspectives of significant transformations across Europe. A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art, written by prolific medievalist and antiquarian Thomas Wright. Published by the Virtue Brothers in 1865.In half calf, half green cloth, with a binding stamp from F.W. Chaundy to front paste down. Includes over two hundred in-text illustrations engraved by F.W. Fairholt.In this insightful work, Wright endeavours to trace the history of comic literature and art's outward development, from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, up to the social caricatures of the Georgian period. In the process we are taken across the varying comical perceptions on the transformation of Europe across over a millennium, such as satire on the Reformation. In half calf, half green cloth. Externally, very smart, with clean cloth boards. Slight rubbing to the joints and extremities of calf. Slight fading to the spine, and calf extremities. A couple of scratches to spine, label in excellent condition. Marble end papers are generally bright and clean, with slight offsetting to free end papers. A binding stamp from F.W. Chaundy to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the small faint spot to the extremities of the occasional leaf. Very Good. Varioud [Engraved by F.W. Fairholt] (illustrator). book.…