Ceylon by Lionel Wendt (9 results)

Condition: Very good.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book has black boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Light rubbing and bumping to corners and spine ends, and two white makrs where something has dripped onto the front board. Very slight spotting to fep, and slight tanning to pages. Contains numerous black and white photos. Please contact for images.

Original, rare, first edition, hardcover in jacket, 255 pages, exceptional photographs throughout with many montages toward end of book; and some in style of solarization (Man Ray like) and then deep contrast and beautiful use of shadows in others. Rare book, for its age the binding is solid and there is ordinary age-toning to the pages. Attractive cloth binding with gilt along spine; scratch across front boards; some overall fading, mild rubbing and wear to boards but actually quite decent. Mild to average reference wear with previous owner tiny stamp on inside front cover edge. Jacket is attractive in protective mylar sleeve; a few small chips, tears mainly at corners and near spine, along edges; light rubbing along spine edges. The rear jacket has some general soiling, age-toning, and rubbing; age-toning, light soiling along spine. Very good for age. gc2.

hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. London: Lincolns - Prager Publishers Ltd. (1950). 255 pp. Introduction by L.C. Van Geyzel. Technical note by Bernard G. Thornley. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. Dust jacket worn at edges, points, and seams with large chips to the top inch of the spine. There is also a large reddish stain to the rear panel. Spine quite soiled. Personal library stamp on the title page, and a large inscription on the first fly leaf. Edge points worn to boards. There is some staining to the verso of the last five illustrations (not affecting the actual plates -- just on the rear). Some scattered foxing throughout, not affecting the plates. .

London/ Colombo, Lincolns-Prager Publishers Limited, 1950, 1st ed., 255 pag., 120 photogravure plates by Lionel Wendt, original giltlettered cloth with dustjacket, quarto (27,8 x 20,4 cm.). = Parr/ Badger The Photobook II, p.98: "Lionel Wendt's Ceylon is typical of his photographic style-pictorialist-modernist in the English mode -- and illustrates a clash of two cultures, with Wendt looking at his own culture almost like an outsider. Ostensibly a book of personal travel photographs, the usual tropes of the genre are here -- lush landscapes, architectural and people studies -- all heavily idealized. But there are also a fair number of nude studies, of both males and females. These are typically pictorialist in style, with some Surrealist photomontages thrown in to show that Wendt was thoroughly up-to-date". Dustjacket not price-clipped; worn along edges; lacking portions at spine-ends and a narrow strip at upper left corner front-panel; large tear at top of upper joint and spine dampstained. Inscribed on first free endpaper.

London, Lincolns-Prager Publishers Limited, 1950, 1st ed., 255 pag., 120 photogravure plates by Lionel Wendt, original giltlettered cloth with dustjacket, quarto (27,8 x 20,4 cm.). = Parr/ Badger The Photobook II, p.98: "Lionel Wendt's Ceylon is typical of his photographic style-pictorialist-modernist in the English mode -- and illustrates a clash of two cultures, with Wendt looking at his own culture almost like an outsider. Ostensibly a book of personal travel photographs, the usual tropes of the genre are here -- lush landscapes, architectural and people studies -- all heavily idealized. But there are also a fair number of nude studies, of both males and females. These are typically pictorialist in style, with some Surrealist photomontages thrown in to show that Wendt was thoroughly up-to-date". Dustjacket not price-clipped; frayed and worn along edges; lacking portions at spine-ends and a narrow strip at upper left corner front-panel; large tear at top of upper joint.

First Edition. Hardcover in jacket, very good with light wear, slight edge wear and rubbing to jacket.

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Premium Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. {Size: 22.22x 29.21 cms} A Unique Premium Leather-Bound book for elite readers/collectors of old rare books. An Original Leather is being used for binding this book with Golden Leaf Printing and designing on Spine, front and Back of the book with edge gilding. WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS IN COLOR OF LEATHER RED, GREEN, BLUE, MAGENTA, TAN, PURPLE DEEP BROWN, BLACK AND WITH DIFFERENT COLOR LABELS. YOU MAY CHOOSE ANY COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE AND MAIL US. This service is chargeable. Original edition was published in [1950] and this unique edition is Reprinted in 2024 with the help of original edition. Black & white printing on high quality natural shade paper with sewing binding for longer life, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually on computer and make them readable. We give our best to give you the best book but in some cases we have to adjust few pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We hope that you understand these issues in these old treasure. This is an important book for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure. Our dedicated team is trying to bring these rare books back to the shelves. We are also giving service of printing the hard-to-find books which are not listed in our store. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 259, Print on Demand. Product Disclaimer: Please be aware that because leather is a natural material, slight discoloration or change in texture may be visible. {FOLIO EDITION (Size 12x19 Inches) IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST}. 259.