Fantasy. The Golden Age of Fantastic Illustration
by Peppin, Brigid
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- Seller
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Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New American Library / Times Mirror, NY [c1975] 'First NAL printing, October 1976'. Soft Cover. 192 p., index, illus. incl. color plates; 30.5 cm. "Late Victorian and early 20th century England saw a unique flowering of book illustration as an art form. ...It was in the realms of fantasy that illustration reached its highest levels, through a happy interaction of opportunity and inspiration; developments in printing and reproduction combined with the growth of the middle class audience for books and magazines to offer a perfect medium for expressing the cultural preoccupations of the era." Sections include Methods of Reproduction, Precursors, 1860-1890, After 1890, Fairy Illustration, The Final Phase, General Bibliography (p. 23). Illustrators are presented chronologically, with brief biographical sketches at end. Color pictorial paper covers; minor wear; VG. stock#44848.
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- Bookseller
- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44848
- Title
- Fantasy. The Golden Age of Fantastic Illustration
- Author
- Peppin, Brigid
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New American Library / Times Mirror, NY [c1975] 'First NAL printing, October 1976'
- Keywords
- Fantasy Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy;
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