The History of Surrealist Painting
by Jean, Marcel
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1967. Second Printing of the First Ame. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Translated from the original French by Simon Watson Taylor, and written with the assistance of Arpad Mezei. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in black cloth, and with bright and distinctive white lettering to spine. Very light sunning to edges of cloth, endpapers, pages thereafter, else a clean and bright interior, profusely illustrated. Double-column text for easy reading. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Stated Second Printing of the First English edition. [10], 11-383 pp. Nearly 400 plates of which 36 are in full, glorious color.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 346931
- Title
- The History of Surrealist Painting
- Author
- Jean, Marcel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing of the First Ame
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- Large 8vo 9" - 10
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Marcel Jean|Surrealism|Surrealist painting|art history
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