Splendid Wayfaring by Macfall Haldane (34 results)

Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly soiled Cloth Quarto Corners bumped and worn to boards. Int hinge broken at front endpapers, some weak hinges. Pages browned. Friday, December 16, 2005 1:55:21 PM This oversize book may require extra shipping for priority and international orders.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover. Hinges cracked. Pages clean. Frontispiece page slightly coming loose, still connected. Corners on cover rubbed and bent. Spine ends nicked and frayed.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1250grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Illustrations by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier Brzeska, Gordon Craig, and the author. Black cloth decorated in yellow. A trifle rubbed at the extremities of the boards, a very good or better copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 201 pages; Decorated covers with light rubbing and wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good with some fraying at the top of the spine, edgewear, a one inch tear in the center of the front gutter, endpapers are browned.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book examines the fundamental significance and nature of art in human life. The author argues that art is essential to our experience of life, allowing us to communicate and share sensations and emotions beyond the limitations of mere speech. Through a journey that explores the history and development of art, the author emphasizes the vital role of craftsmanship in creating the means by which art is expressed. The book challenges conventional notions of beauty as the sole aim of art, proposing instead that its true purpose lies in the transmission of sensory impressions. By delving into the relationship between art and the human experience, this book offers a profound understanding of art's transformative power and its enduring importance in shaping our collective and individual lives. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. Front hinge is cracked. Complete with numerous illustrations. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

1st ed. With numerous illustrations, XII, 199 p. Spine onesided torn, backcover stained, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 Large-8°, decorative and original clothbinding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, in the first issue purple cloth binding, as called for. Illustrated and decorated with woodcuts and drawings throughout by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier-Brzeska, Haldane Macfall and Gordon Craig. Tissue-guarded frontispiece showing 'The Splendid Wayfaring' by Gordon Craig. Decorative chapter-heads and first letter-heads and tail-pieces. Top edge of text-block gilt. The book is dedicated to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden. ***Very good in purple cloth covered boards with gilt titles and gilt decoration and borders to spine and front and rear boards. Spine faded. Edges of boards slightly rubbed and faded. Light foxing and offsetting to prelims and rear pages. Light sporadic foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge of text-block. Interior pages clean. No inscriptions. Spine tight. No slipcase. ***246mm x 196mm. x111 prelim pages including foreword and contents plus 200 pages, plus one full-page black and white illustration to rear. ***Haldane Macfall's book is about the philosophy of art. It is an attractive cloth gilt decorative binding and is illustrated throughout with woodcuts and illustrations by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, the renowned French sculptor (1891-1915), Claud Lovat Fraser (1890-1921), and Edward Henry Gordon Craig (1872-1966), who was designer and theatre director and was a wood engraver. Haldane Macfall (1860-1928) was an artist and art historian. ***Contents: Foreword; The Personal Note; I. Of Life; II. Of Art; III. Of Craftsmanship; IV. Of Beauty; V. Of the Mighty Acreage of the Garden of the Arts, and of the Vast Significance that dwell therein; VI. Of Impressionism; VII. Of the Intellect and the Senses in Art; VIII. Of the Splendour of the Passions; IX. Of Art for Art's Sake; X. Of the Brain-Thief; XI. Of Criticism and the Milk of Asses; XII. Of Decay; XIII. Of the Dealing in Antiquities; XIV. Of the Great Dead; XV. Of the Academic of Mind; XVI. Of Style; XVII. Of the Law; XVIII. Liberty the Breath of Art; XIX. Of Authority and the Law-giver; XX. Of the Receivers of Art; XXI. Of Subject; XXII. Of the Breed of the Conquerors; XXIII. Of Splendid Rebels; XXIV. Of the Province of the Art of the Drama to Amuse; XXV. Of the Manifold Dangers that Threaten the Art of the Drama; XXVI. Of the Puritan in us all; XXVII. Of the Power of the Drama; XXVIII. Of the Hope of Salvation for the Puritan; XXXIX. Of the Golden God of the Puritan - Thrift; XXX. Of the Might of the Theatre; Envoi. ***'But the largest and widest life is for him who dare the fullest adventure - who has become partaker in all that life can live. And by the arts alone shall he know the fullest life; and by lack of the arts shall he know the meanest. ***The arts, in the full meaning of the word, is the supreme man. ***It is well, therefore, to try and realise what is Art, and what is an artist.' (Quote from the foreword by the author). ***First impression of the true first edition, very hard to find first issue, in the purple cloth boards, as called for, in collectable condition. Of interest to collectors of antiquarian illustrative books and the illustrations of Lovat Fraser, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gordon Craig and Haldane Macfalll. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Lovat Fraser, Gaudier-Brzeska, the Author - Haldane Macfall, and Gordon Craig (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Splendid Wayfaring by Haldane Macfall. Decorated by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier-Brzeska, the author and Gordon Craig. Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1913. First UK edition. Lovely illustrated book - good cloth hardback with some shelf wear. The text is bright and clean throughout. The last couple of blank endpapers are water stained at the joint and the inside rear joint is loose and worn, although still bound. xxiii + 202pp. Approximate dimensions: 24.5cm high x 20cm wide x 4.2cm deep. Substantial - over 1.2kg unpacked. Extra postage may be payable.…

Condition: Good. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition.Reasonable copy in original cloth slightly bumped. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. 199 pages. Splendidly illustrated by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier-Brzeska, the Author and Gordon Craig. Gilt-decorated cloth. Corners and extremities of spine a little worn; some colour fading of cloth. Good plus copy. Bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "The Splendid Wayfaring" by Handane Macfall and decorated by Lovate Fraser, Gaudier Brezeska Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton Kent - 1913 first UK edition first printing - 196p, 25cmx20cm - condition: about fine copy.

Condition: Good. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition.Reasonable copy in original cloth slightly bumped. . . . .

Condition: Gut. XIII, 201 S., Oln., Kopfgoldschnitt. Einband etwas fleckig, Rücken blaß, Schnitt etwas stockfleckig. Zahlr. Illustrationen von Lovat Fraser, Gaudier - Brzeska u. Gordon Craig. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 900.

1st. ed. ills by Lovat Fraser and others. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xiii, 202 pp. with many illus. Original black cloth, with gilt decorations, backstrip rubbed, inner hinges started.

Quarto. [xiv], [202] pp. Decorative black cloth. Head and foot of spine lightly frayed, one inch split along back hinge at top. A little foxing, bookplate of bookman Paul Jordan Smith. A very good copy of a fragile book. First edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A first edition of this collection of essays on the Arts by Haldane Macfall. With numerous vignette illustrations throughout by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier Brzeska, Gordon Craig, and the author. With chapters including Of Art, Of Beauty, Of Impressionism, Of the Power of Drama, Of the Law, Of the Dealing in Antiquities and many others. Bookplate of Peter Summers to front pastedown. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally smart, with just some minor shelfwear. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright, but have some scattered light spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. First edition, Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous woodcuts by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gordon Craig, and the author. With the original prospectus. Inscribed by the author to the f.f.ep. ' To Miss Janet Standcomb-Wills with the best wishes of the author Haldane Macfall January 1914'. The verso of the half title is also signed. Pages clean with some light spotting, light rubbing to corners NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 234. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1913 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 234.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 234. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1913 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 234.…

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1913. Black cloth with yellow decoration. 208 p. Illustrated with many lively vignettes, often dark in tone. Printed on fine, firm paper. 1st edition. Spine damaged at the top. Voluminous essay on art and aesthetics with evocative head- and tailpieces and vignettes. MacFall (1861-1928) was an army officer, but after his career he turned successfully to writing novels and books about art, illustrating them himself. During World War I he returned to his duty to become just as successful as an officer.…

(London): Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1913. Sm.thick 4to. Or.dec.cl. (spine slightly flecked). In orig. (albeit a little worn) illust. slip-case. (XIV,202pp.). With frontisp., illust. title-page, and decorated throughout by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier-Brzeska, the Author, and Gordon Craig. A good copy.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 218 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. This item is printed on demand.