The Object Stares Back : On the Nature of Seeing
by James Elkins
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684800950
- ISBN 13
- 9780684800950
- Seller
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Wake Forest , North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Unread. First edition/first printing. Tight square spine, clean crisp pages, no writing or marks, no folded page corners. Dust jacket clean with no rips, a little rubbing to back side. Not a remainder.
Synopsis
In this “remarkable tour de force” (Publishers Weekly)-a “ceaselessly thought-provoking book” (Kirkus Reviews)-art historian James Elkins marshals psychology, philosophy, science, and art history to show how seeing alters the thing seen and transforms the seer. Black-and-white photographs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Universe Of Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200717-2
- Title
- The Object Stares Back : On the Nature of Seeing
- Author
- James Elkins
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684800950
- ISBN 13
- 9780684800950
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
Terms of Sale
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Wake Forest , North Carolina
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We have been selling online on various platforms since 2009 since closing our physical location. We joined Biblio in 2016 and strive to provide you with hard to find first editions and out of print titles.
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