PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST: A Biography of William Dobell
by Adams, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 009148040X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091480400
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Hutchinson, 1983. 332pp., unpaginated colour-art plates throughout. Intext, candid and b/w art halftone plates. Book clean, square. Spine firm., gilt title there-on. Front free endpaper excised, small splash spot on block edge, otherwise leaves clean. Nominal shelfwear and bump on backstrip. Art-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, closed tears and creases. Tiny stain on foot of rear panel. The biography of Australian art icon, Sir William Dobell, b. 24 September 1899, Newcastle, N.S.W., d. 14 May 1970, Wangi, N.S.W. His prizes, awards and exhibition list cover several pages, but include three highly prestigious Archibald Prizes for Portraiture . . . Contents include: Prelims., 12 chapters, Postscript, Chapter notes, Prizes & Exhibitions, Dobell paintings in Australian Public Collections, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 1250g. [1.25KG.] * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Synopsis
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, first serialised in The Egoist from 1914 to 1915 and published in book form in 1916. It depicts the formative years in the life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and a pointed allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology, Daedalus. A Portrait is a key example of the Künstlerroman in English literature.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002759
- Title
- PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST: A Biography of William Dobell
- Author
- Adams, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 009148040X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091480400
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, Victoria, Australia
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN ART, ARTISTS, ART BIOGRAPHY, SIR WILLIAM DOBELL, 1899-1970,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australian Biography;
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