Washington Allston A Study of the Romantic Artist in America by Richardson, Edgar Preston - 1948

University of Chicago hardcover in very good condition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (1948), 1948. First edition. Large 8to; pp. ix, 234; sixty plates, one in color; bibliography. Some staining to covers, else a very good copy or better in original green gilt-stamped cloth. A monograph on the nineteenth century American romantic painter Washington Allston..

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Black and white illustrations. First edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. .

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1948. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full dark green buckram binding with gilt lettering on the spine, slightly soiled and scuffed on the front cover. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall in GOOD condition.. First Edition. Full Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 232pp. Illustrated with fifty-nine black and white plates, color frontispiece. Corners lightly bumped, else fine in a very good dustwrapper with short tears to the spine ends and corners.

University of Chicago Press, 1948 First edition in hardcover lacking the dust jacket. 234 pp plus plates. Footnotes, catalogue, bibliography, index. Some very faint discoloration to boards and topstain, minor soiling to foredge. Good.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1948 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. ix, 233 (1) + lix b&w plates, preface, I. The History of a Reputation; II. The Artist in America; III. The Education of a Painter; IV. The Horizon of 1800; V. Art Student in London; VI. The Meaning of Light and Color; VII. The Transformation of a Nature and a Man; VIII. The Meaning of Form and Movement; IX. Boston, 1818-11; X. "Shapes of Delight, of Mustery, and Fear"; XI. The Mist of Brooding Thought; XII. The Mind Turns Inward; XIII. Epilogue; Catalogue of the Existing and Recorded Paintings of Washington Allston by E. P. Richardson and H. W. L. Dana; Bibliography, Indexes. "Washington Allston (1779-1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. He was well known during his lifetime for his experiments with dramatic subject matter and… Read More

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarto. 4to. ix, 233 (1) + lix b&w plates, including a color frontis. First Edition, 1948.preface, 13 chapters with footnotes, Catalogue of the Existing and Recorded Paintings of Washington Allston, Bibliography, index. Price clipped. Some very small chips to edge dj with very light age-toning to text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7.75" x 10.5". Green cloth with small gilt profile on front board, and gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector..

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-03-01. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.