The Language of Pictures by Bell, David - 1953

B. T. Batsford, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. First Published. 162 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Free endpapers are removed. Scuffing to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks overall.

Batsford, 1953 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Chipped dj. Clean, straight and tight book.

London, UK: B.T. Batsford, Ltd, 1953 B.T. Batsford, Ltd, London, UK. 1953. Stated First Published 1953. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light wear to head, tail, and tips; flaking of finish on board bottoms and spine gutters. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped (25s.net); wear and missing small pieces at head and tail; closed tear on rear; rubbing to panels. Red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering and bands on the spine. Tinted textblock top. 162 pp 8vo. This book addresses the hard to understand language which a painter speaks in his painting which is an unknown tongue. The author, in order to help the viewer, explains what the painter is trying to say and how he says it. He is convinced that all art, and painting in particular, is not a question of erudition, but a simple matter of enjoyment, a form of pleasure, alike in the artist and the layman, which is not the less real for being of a refined and sophisticated sort. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

B.T. Batsford, 1953. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:

London, UK: Batsford, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. H/b 162 pages condition is very good, red boards with faded gilt lettering to the spine

London : Batsford, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 162 pages, illustrations ; 23cm. Subjects: Pictures and images.