Creatures of Habit and Creatures of Change: Essays on Art, Literature and Society, 1914-1956
by Lewis, Wyndham; Edwards, Paul (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Walnut Creek, California, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. One of 126 deluxe hardcover copies, octavo size, 427 pp., signed by Paul Edwards. Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), an artist as well as an author, is known as the developer of "Vorticism" (so named by Ezra Pound), a style of geometric abstraction. He would eventually turn more and more to writing, and "is now regarded as a major British artist and writer of the twentieth century" (n.b., quote from Wiki).
___DESCRIPTION: Rust cloth shelfback over paper boards, the front board with a reproduction in colour of an illustration by Lewis, paper spine label, orange endpapers, coloured title page; octavo size (9 1/4" by 6 3/8"), pagination: [1-4] [tipped-in signature page, verso blank] 5-425; this no. 15 of 126 deluxe hardcover copies (total hardbound edition 376), signed by Edwards on a tipped-in page. With original opaque acetate publisher's jacket.
___CONDITION: Volume near fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; the corners with some loss of colour at the corners but the paper not rubbed, a small spot on the top edge of the text block, else fine. The acetate jacket near fine, clean, with a bare hint of edgewear and light overall rubbing to the soft acetate.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
___DESCRIPTION: Rust cloth shelfback over paper boards, the front board with a reproduction in colour of an illustration by Lewis, paper spine label, orange endpapers, coloured title page; octavo size (9 1/4" by 6 3/8"), pagination: [1-4] [tipped-in signature page, verso blank] 5-425; this no. 15 of 126 deluxe hardcover copies (total hardbound edition 376), signed by Edwards on a tipped-in page. With original opaque acetate publisher's jacket.
___CONDITION: Volume near fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; the corners with some loss of colour at the corners but the paper not rubbed, a small spot on the top edge of the text block, else fine. The acetate jacket near fine, clean, with a bare hint of edgewear and light overall rubbing to the soft acetate.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Swan's Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CNJL2505
- Title
- Creatures of Habit and Creatures of Change: Essays on Art, Literature and Society, 1914-1956
- Author
- Lewis, Wyndham; Edwards, Paul (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Literature, Modern Lit, Vorticism
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