The Meaning and Purpose of Art or the Making of Life by Howell Arthur R (10 results)

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. Reprint. Book condition: very good. Dj condition: no dj. blue cover boards in good condition. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Sharp cornered. Illustrated in color.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second reprint. A very good copy in a very good jacket. Solid binding, unmarked text. Previous owner's stamp on front endpaper and title page. Creased outer edge of frontispiece. Beautiful B&W and color illustrations throughout.

Condition: Good. 1957. Second Reprint. 219 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Foreword by Charles Marriott. Contains black and white and colour plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second reprint. 239pp Forewod by Charles Marriott with 22colour plates including fold out frontis.Light blue cloth.

Condition: Very Good. New revised and enlarged 2nd edition. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents, pen front endpaper, 219pp with illustrations and colour plates, fold-out frontis, errata front.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good/Fair. New, Revised, Enlarged Second Edition. First published and reprinted twice in 1945, this is the new revised and enlarged second edition, with a foreword by Charles Marriott (Former art critic to The Times), xvii, errata slip at iv/v, 219pp, illustrated with 8 colour plates (some folding), other plates black & white, folding plates have creases to corners, p212/213 and the reverse of the plate in between have some large pale patches of foxing, otherwise clean and crisp, blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket has some spotting, edges somewhat worn with some chips and small tears, spine tanned, unclipped. Size: 8vo. Art.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

cloth, dustj, 8vo 239 pp., 25 ills. (6 in colour) the aesthetic perception; the artist s outlook; the work-of-art; modern art; VG condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, second reprint [revised], pp,239, folding coloured frontispiece, plates of which some are in colour, gilt titled blue cloth, endpapers a little foxed.

new, revised edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xvii + 219pp., fldg. col. frontis., col. & b/w ills., appends., Second edition. Revised with additional illustrations, enlarged chapter on surrealism. Chipped dj o/w nice copy.