The Aesthetic Adventure

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Missing DJ, some shelf and edge wear, . corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Gift message dated May 1945 to front . endpaper, some small ink margin marks. ; Blue cloth boards with gilt . lettering to spine.. 1945. Hardcover. Second Printing; 224 pages; One of a series of essential art history… Read more about this item

Penguin Pelican, 1957. Paperback. Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 271 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and mild cracking to front hinge. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. First edition. Leather. Fine. 8" by 5.5". Unamed. A first edition of this work of art criticism and history, by William Gaunt. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. Rebound in a lovely quarter morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Gaunt took a… Read more about this item

Cardinal. Good+. 1975. Paperback. 0351164197 . Binding solid. Pages unmarked but tanned. Color plates fine and sharp. Cover has worn at edges but otherwise okay. ; 7.7 X 5.1 X 0.6 inches; 224 pages .

New York: Schocken Books. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge. Foxing on text block edges. Small hole punch on rear panel. Creasing on front panel. .

London: Jonathan Cape, (1975). Revised edition, with colour illustrations. Covers the period of 1880-1910. With a colouful account of James MacNeil Whistler's lawsuit with John Ruskin. Also accounts of Beardsley, Wilde, Pater, Baudelaire, Verlaine. Pages tanned, else a near fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket..

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. 205mm Tall, 8vo. An examination of great movements in Victorian art and literature, with reference to the trials of Oscar Wilde and James Whistler. 224 pages. Index. 20 illustrations. Wear to cover extremities. Cover corners bumped. Moderate soiling to covers..

Cardinal Books. Rev. ed. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. All orders… Read more about this item

Cardinal Books, 07/21/1988. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

West Richard, 1945-06. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. 269pp. Discoloration to the boards thus very good, lacking the dustwrapper.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Cardinal Books, 1975,. 1975. Soft cover. 0351164197 paperback, 222pp, illustrated, pages browning, text otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.ISBN: 0351164197 .

Cardinal Books, 1975-05-29. Paperback. Acceptable. 1.5228 in x 19.5431 in x 12.9442 in. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy generally in good condition. Somefoxing on page edges and inside covers.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1945 New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1945 269 pp with index. A Wartime Book. A witty and highly entertaining of the Bohemian movement in art and writing. including many of the most interesting characters of the late Nineteenth Century including Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley and Whistler.Text is clean, tight , unmarked. DJ… Read more about this item

London: Cardinal, Sphere Books, 1975 The art and literature of mid-Victorian England reflected the materialism of an age dominated by the machine. It was not until the latter part of the century that a group of the most prominent men in the arts rebelled against the prevailing attitudes and turned to aestheticism - the pursuit of beauty, independent of any… Read more about this item