Charles Fairfax Murray: The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite by Elliott, David B., Ph.D - 0000-00-00

New Castle, DE.: Oak Knoll Press., 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 2000 edition. Text, dust jacket and boards in very good condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (266 pages).

Oak Knoll Pr, 2000-09-01. Stated first edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.

Brand: Book Guild Ltd, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. Hardcover. VG/VG- light interior foxing, minor scuffing and wear to dj extremities.. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy black and color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. xiv, 266 pp. Illustrations. "In the late nineteenth century art world, few could be unaware of Charles Fairfax Murray. By turns he was painter, dealer and connoisseur, collector and benefactor; friend of William Morris, Burne-Jones and the Rossettis, and protege of John Ruskin. The draper's son from Bow became the studio assistant to Burne-Jones and was later sent to Italy to make copies of Old Masters for Ruskin; as his travels increased and his knowledge grew, by application and through a prodigious memory he soon became an expert on classical Italian paintings and set up as a dealer and collector, whose remarkable gifts to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the National Gallery and other institutions testify to his belief that the public must be… Read More

Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, first edition, 2000. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xiv, 266 pp. In the late nineteenth century art world, few could be unaware of Charles Fairfax Murray. By turns he was painter, dealer and connoisseur, collector and benefactor; friend of William Morris, Burne-Jones and the Rossettis, and protégé of John Ruskin. The draper's son from Bow became the studio assistant to Burne-Jones and was later sent to Italy to make copies of Old Masters for Ruskin; as his travels increased and his knowledge grew, by application and through a prodigious memory he soon became an expert on classical Italian paintings and set up as a dealer and collector whose remarkable gifts to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the National Gallery and other institutions testify to his belief that the public must be given access to fine art. He was, however, a much more private man than his flamboyant contemporaries, and this wish for anonymity was compounded by his having two large… Read More

(Newcastle): The Book Guild Limited and Oak Knoll Press, (2000). First edition., 2000. Large octavo, black boards, pp. xiv, 266; illustrated. Fine in a lightly worn, very good dust jacket with light creasing along the top edge. (Oversize*).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.