England's Michelangelo: A Biography of George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A. by Blunt, Wilfrid - 1975

Hardback. Good.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. Inscribed to James White, curator of art at the Hunt Institute, by Blunt! Green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 258pp., illustrated in b&w and color. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild rubbing, edgewear.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Various Contemporary. 750 g; XX, 260 pages, last two pages blank, includes chronology, bibliography, index, several facsimiles within the text, of letters, eight pages of colour reproductions, and 12 pages of black-and-white reproductions and photography. Colour illustrated dust jacket slightly faded on the back strip section. The top edge of the text block has been tinted a dark brown by the publisher. Previous owner's name stamp out the top right-hand corner of the front end page, otherwise no other damage to the book. This book is not a study of the artist's various works, but an entertaining and wholly objective picture of a great artist and his age. -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various Contemporary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography &… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Cloth, 258 pages, [28] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. A major study of the English Victorian artist George Frederick Watts (1817-1904).. 1st.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Publisher's hardback in very good condition: firm, square and tight with no snags or splits, just a trifle rubbed. Complete with original dustjacket: in decent shape, just slightly rubbed and moderately edge-worn. Contents sound and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original green boards gilt (slightly rubbed) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed & a trifle frayed); pp. xx (last blank), 258, with 8 colour / 24 monochrome illustrations + endpaper decoration. A very good copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description: 258p. Illustrated. Subject: Watts, George Frederick; Biography. Other names: Watts, George Frederick 1817-1904. Genre: Biography. Illustrated.

London : Hamish Hamilton , 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xix, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Chronology. Bibliography: p. 242-244. Subjects; Watts, George Frederick (1817-1904). Genres; Biography. Illustrated.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Just a hint of fading to the spine of the dust wrapper and age tanned on the verso and the flaps. Personal stamp to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise.. First edition (first printing). Signed copy. Hardback in dust wrapper (green boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1.1 kg); (xix) 258pp; Index; Bibliography; Signed by the author, in name only, on the title page — without provenance. Includes: Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Chronological tables (1); Top edge dyed Brown; ISBN: 0-2418-9174-4 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get… Read More