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In Search of Form
by Shadbolt, Jack
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto / Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1968. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 235,[4]pp. Quarto in original yellow-green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decoration on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Pages slightly yellowed with B&W and colour illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with slight wear and chipping. very good With a nice long inscription on the title page by the author. Also included is a full page letter to the recipient of the book with great content. Most importantly is a small sketch by Shadbolt, possibly of the recipient of the book. The sketch is 20 X 25 CM in size. "Thus is art a structuring of possible ways to relate things" (author's Preface) Artist and instructor, Jack Shadbolt, reflects on the development of form in art. Beautifully illustrated, with extensive notes to plates. Scarce in jacket. Overall a great copy of the book. 1968
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140548
- Title
- In Search of Form
- Author
- Shadbolt, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto / Montreal
- Date Published
- 1968
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jack Shadbolt|Aesthetics|Art-Reference|Canadian Artist|Painting|Philosophy
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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