In Search of Form
by Shadbolt, Jack
- Used
- Near Fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto / Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1968. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. 235,[4]pp. Quarto. Bound in original mustard yellow cloth with gold gilt lettering stamped to spine and gold gilt decoration stamped to the front board. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations throughout, as well as several colour plates. Dust jacket has not been price clipped, but has some shelfwear and chipping, especially along edges and spine; several small closed tears and one fairly large tear to the front flap. Internally clean and an overall tight and sound copy. near fine Artist and instructor, Jack Shadbolt, reflects on the development of form in art. Beautifully illustrated, with extensive notes to plates. Scarce in jacket. 1968
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141158
- Title
- In Search of Form
- Author
- Shadbolt, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto / Montreal
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Jack Shadbolt|Aesthetics|Art-Reference|Canadian Artist|Painting|Philosophy
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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