A Fable Of Modern Art

New York and London: Thames and Hudson, Inc., 1980. First American edition, 1980. Illustrated with forty-eight black and white plates. Rich dark brown boards with gilt cover lettering and illustration, 128 pages with extensive index, bright red illustrated dustjacket. The book is in near fine condition, looks and feels about new, with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with… Read more about this item

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1980. Cloth, 128 pages, [16] leaves of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with a sunned spine, protected in a mylar cover. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1980. 128 pages; 48 illustrations. Balzac's literary creation, Frenhofer, in the early nineteenth-century; artists of later periods and their connections with Frenhofer. Clean throughout; nearly fine condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Thames & Hudson, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1980-03. Hardcover. Good.

UsedAcceptable. scuffed and creased dust jacket, inscription on inside cover, age tanned, underlining and notes throughout, cracked binding

Thames & Hudson. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Thames & Hudson. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Thames & Hudson, London,1980. 8vo.pp.125,illustrations. index.Very Good copy in Very Good dust wrapper. Dore Ashton's masterly analysis of modern art revolves around a number of clues,the most significant and persistent of which is provided by Balzac's brilliant and little known 'philisophic'story The Unknown Masterpiece,with its unexplained pointers towards Cezanne,Picasso and the abstract expressionists.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x7x1. Thames & Hudson, 1980; "First published..." stated, no additional printings indicated; 128pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of brown cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text, illustrations very good throughout. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust… Read more about this item

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1980.. 8vo. 128 pp. Hard cover. Very Good+. Brown cloth covered boards with decorative gilt pattern. Dust Jacket Very Good, with discoloration along spine and edges. In protective Mylar wraps. Penciled underlining and notations on a few pages, likely in the hand of Peter Selz. Else, pages fine. B&W plates.Contents:1. Who was Frenhofer? --ch.… Read more about this item

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1980. hardcover. near fine/very good. 48 black & white illustrations. 128 pages. Slim 8vo, brown boards with gilt lettering, pictorial d.w. (price-clipped, slightly edgeworn). New York: Thames & Hudson, (1980). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

New York: Thames and Hudson, c1980. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 128p., illus.

Thames and Hudson, 1980. First American Edition. Hardback, Dustjacket. Very Good, slight wear on edges.

Thames & Hudson London & New York 1980 . 24.5 x 16.0cms, 128pp, b/w Illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper (sunned spine) Ashton analyses Balzac's 'The Unknown Masterpiece' in relation to 19th century European romanticism and various attitudes towards art. She looks at the modernists' yearning to express the inexpressible; to concretise the abstract; the artists' interest in spiritualism… Read more about this item

Thames & Hudson London & New York 1980 . 24.5 x 16.0cms, 128pp, b/w Illusts, very good hardcover & dustwrapper Ashton analyses Balzac's 'The Unknown Masterpiece' in relation to 19th century European romanticism and various attitudes towards art. She looks at the modernists' yearning to express the inexpressible; to concretise the abstract; the artists' interest in spiritualism and spirituality.

University of California Press, 1991-01-25. paperback. Used: Good.

new hc

University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. 2nd printing. Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). 128 pages, illustrated.