Greek Sculpture
by Warrack, John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Otto Schulze and Company Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, front hinge is cracked, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, former owner's name in ink on the second page, an A is stamped on the title page and on the first page of the black and white plates as well, no publishing date, overall a clean used first edition! Green cloth with black stamped lettering on the front board with a black and white pastedown and black and white stamped lettering on the spine. 30 historical pages of text and one hundred historic black and white illustrations! "This is not a text-book. It represents Greek Sculpture not as a field for more or less laborious study, but as an art to be enjoyed. The supreme characteristic of the plastic art of ancient Greece, the thing about it which, after all, is of mostvalue to us to-day, is just its unique beauty ---- a beauty that ranges from the austerest dignity to the tenderest and most delicate charm." --- from the Preface.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034951
- Title
- Greek Sculpture
- Author
- Warrack, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Otto Schulze and Company
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Keywords
- ART ARTISTS SCULPTURE GREECE GREEK ANCIENT HISTORY HISTORICAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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