The gentle art of making enemies : as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of the Earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right
by Whistler, James McNeill (1834-1903)
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About This Item
London : Heinemann, 1890. New edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of the Victorian Photographer P.H. EMERSON. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards starting. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 16 unnumbered pages, 334 pages ; 21 cm. Subjects:Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903. Whistler, James McNeill (American painter and printmaker, 1834-1903, active in England and France) Criticism and interpretationWhistler, James McNeill 1834-1903 Criticism and interpretation. Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903 Criticism and interpretation.Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903. Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903.WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT MC NEILL 1834-1903. Painters England 19th century. Art, American.Art, American 20th centuryPainting United States.Painters, American 19th century. Printmakers, American 19th centuryPainters United States 19th century. James Mcneill Whistler [1834-1903]
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- 381455
- Title
- The gentle art of making enemies : as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of the Earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right
- Author
- Whistler, James McNeill (1834-1903)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- London : Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1890
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