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Homage to Venus (The Faber Gallery)
by Laver, James (introduction and notes)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Faber & Faber, 1947. Soft cover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 24pp, with 10 gloriously full colour tipped in illustrations of paintings depicting music in painting. In light card wrappers with paper dust jacket. Small folio. Covers a little rubbed at edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring some mild signs of fingering. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed and bumped at edges, scuffed at spine ends, and lightly spotted around the leading edges. The bright and stunning tipped in illustrations include Edward Burne-Jones' The Mirror of Venus and Rubens' the Judgement of Paris. With an introductory essay on portrayals of Venus in paintings by James Laver and notes accompanying each example.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016635
- Title
- Homage to Venus (The Faber Gallery)
- Author
- Laver, James (introduction and notes)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art, Painting, Venus
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tipped In
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- Folio
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- Spine
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