Lautrec by De Laprade, Jacques - 1954

William Heinemann, Melbourne, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Henri De Toulouse- Lautrec. XXX, 64 pages, biographical note, list of illustrations, and bibliography. The text is illustrated with 64 black-and-white reproductions and eight coloured reproductions of Henri De Toulouse- Lautrecs' work. Bone coloured boards with dark brown illustration on the front panel and dark brown writing on the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Foxing noted to the spine, lower book edges and top book edges. Shelfwear noted to the top and bottom book edges and the paper edges are brown and a little foxed. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste down. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front endpaper. Illustrated dust wrapper, again by Henri De Toulouse- Lautrec, with white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. The dustwrapper is very rubbed, faded and grubby. Rubbing and chipping, with loss to the dustwrapper corners. The top dustwrapper edge is crumpled and creased and also has a future years. There is a triangular tear to the front dustwrapper pane. A small book about the French painter Henri De Toulouse- Lautrec, who was not only one leading 19th century painters of France but also an " extraordinarily penetrating portraitist .". This is the first Australian edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Henri De Toulouse- Lautrec. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Painting ; France ; Art -- History and Theory ; Inventory No: 0103873. . This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $8.00 for shipment within Australia. .