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Looking at Pictures
by S. C. Kaines Smith
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. a former guide-lecturer at the National Gallery explains how the understanding of paintings & why they were painted can increase the viewers' appreciation of art. illustrated by eleven examples (in b/w.) of paintings by famous artists. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 151 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Top edge brown. Gilt titles spine with blind-stamped titles to front. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Paintings; Art Appreciation; Art Criticism; Art & Design. Inventory No: 3388. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3388
- Title
- Looking at Pictures
- Author
- S. C. Kaines Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Art/Paintings/Art Appreciation/Art Criticism Art & Design; Paintings; Art Appreciation; Art Criticism; Art & Design. Unbranded S. C. Kaines Smith Looking at Pictures
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