ON UGLINESS by Eco, Umberto (Translated by Alastair McEwen) - 2007

Rizzoli. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First. Hardcover. 0847829863 . 7 X 1.5 X 9.75 inches; 456 pages .

Rizzoli, 2007-10-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

E-283: Rizzoli. Very Good. 2007. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Rizzoli, New York, 2007. 455 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In the mold of his acclaimed History of Beauty, renowned cultural critic Umberto Eco’s On Ugliness is an exploration of the monstrous and the repellant in visual culture and the arts. What is the voyeuristic impulse behind our attraction to the gruesome and the horrible? Where does the magnetic appeal of the sordid and the scandalous come from? Is ugliness also in the eye of the beholder? Eco’s encyclopedic knowledge and captivating storytelling skills combine in this ingenious study of the Ugly, revealing that what we often shield ourselves from and shun in everyday life is what… Read More

New York: Rizzoli Intl Pubns. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0847829863 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Inking on rear barcode. ; 9.3 X 6.9 X 1.3 inches; 455 pages .