Graven image : an autobiographical textbook / by John Farleigh
by Farleigh, John (1900-1965)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Macmillan & Co., 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards, with a very good if somewhat edge-nicked dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 388 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; illustrated with wood-engravings by the author and other artists, line-drawings, reproductions of sketches made by the author and Bernard Shaw for the Black girl in search of God, and photographs of engravers at work. Includes index. Subjects; Farleigh, John 1900-1965. Wood-engravers Great Britain ; Biography. Wood-engraving Technique. Graveurs sur bois Grande-Bretagne ; Biographies. Illustration of books. Illustrators Great Britain 20th century ; Biography. Engravers Great Britain 20th century ; Biography. Artists Great Britain ; Biography. Illumination of books and manuscripts Great Britain 20th century. Book Design.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 408664
- Title
- Graven image : an autobiographical textbook / by John Farleigh
- Author
- Farleigh, John (1900-1965)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan & Co.
- Date Published
- 1940
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