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Art of Our Time; Painting & Sculpture throughout the World
by Grohmann, Will
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Thames & Hudson, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. forward by the editor, note to the English edition, list of illustrations, photo credits and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, being a reproduction of Victor Vasarelys' " Cassiopee " ( detail ). The text is illustrated with 128 coloured plates and 334 black-and-white plates. Black coloured boards with white publishes' logo to the front panel. White writing to the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper ( wraparound ), showing various modern pieces of art work, against a black background with white and yellow writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Sixteen art specialists, including such reviewers as Sam Hunter, Alan Bowness, Romeo Brest, present an overview of, then, present-day painting and sculpture in Europe, North and South America, and Japan. Very minor bumping to the corners of the spine and to the book corners. Some marks to the cloth of the boards. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. Offset tanning and foxing along with some staining to the endpapers. Internal pages have begun to become slightly aged toned. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste down. Rubbing and slight chipping to the dust wrapper corners. Slight chipping to the top dust wrapper are spine edge and the laminate is starting to lift to both the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. A hint of fading to the spine. A few marks to the dust wrapper panels. Slight browning to the fold over panels and to the verso of the dust wrapper. Clipping of the dust wrapper, front fold over, lower right hand corner. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 510 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Art -- History and Theory; Art -- Sculpture; Art & Design. Inventory No: 0104492. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104492
- Title
- Art of Our Time; Painting & Sculpture throughout the World
- Author
- Grohmann, Will
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Art -- Art Criticism -- 1960s, Painting -- Sculpture -- Modern -- 1960s -- Review Art & Design; Art -- History and Theory; Art -- Sculpture; Art & Design. Photographic Unbranded Grohmann, Will Art of Our Time; Painting & Sculpture thr
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- Art -- History and Theory; Art -- Sculpture;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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