Greek Sculpture by Warrack, John - N.D.

Edinburgh: Otto Schulze and Company Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, front hinge is cracked, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, former owner's name in ink on the second page, an A is stamped on the title page and on the first page of the black and white plates as well, no publishing date, overall a clean used first edition! Green cloth with black stamped lettering on the front board with a black and white pastedown and black and white stamped lettering on the spine. 30 historical pages of text and one hundred historic black and white illustrations! "This is not a text-book. It represents Greek Sculpture not as a field for more or less laborious study, but as an art to be enjoyed. The supreme characteristic of the plastic art of ancient Greece, the thing about it which, after all, is of mostvalue to us to-day, is just its unique beauty ---- a beauty that ranges from the austerest dignity to the tenderest and most delicate charm." --- from the… Read More

Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent Book. Illus. by Photos. Reading Copy. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Some paper thinning as near the back of book 3 leaves have a spot 1 x 2 where the paper has stuck together near spine (glue?) and been roughly opened not affecting the plates but infringing on a little of the descriptive print. Otherwise book would be quite good except for a few bumps and very little wear. 30pp, plus 99 plates..

Otto Schulze & Co, 1912. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, green cloth lettered black and with pictorial inset to the upper board. Measuring 10 3/4" x 8". A very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, small mount to the title page, b&w illustrations, xxx pp of text. .

Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co. LTD undated edition. Pages clean and bright, binding coming away from front bpard, minor shelf wear to cover, no dust jacket.

London, England: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, kent & Co, 1912. Hardcover. Good+/Good (boards have light to deep sunning to edges; spine ends highly sunned. shelf-wear to boards. corners rubbed. pastedowns tanned. pgs light tanned; glossy plates toned. jacket scuffed & scratched; open tear to spine top w/ small tears to spine; adhesive residue to front; corners torn). green cloth w/ black printing. book xxix, 99 bw plates. brown dustjacket w/ black printing; protective plastic cover. Nicely detailed black/white plates.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent Music frontispiece; 99 illustrations from photographs; Not dated: published c. 1920 ? - originally published by Schulze of Edinburgh in 1913; Hardback: green cloth lettered in black, small quarto; Slight fading to spine, some foxing, vg in g dustwrapper.

London: Simpkin, Marhsall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [N.d., ca. 1920?] Full green cloth. xxx, [94 pp.] plates. One hundred B&W illustrations. Cloth rubbed to extremities. Several additional photos from other books or magazines have been tipped into blanks and endpapers. Ink inscription to ffep. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar to flyleaf. Some age toning to interior.

Edinburgh: Otto Schulze and Company, [1912]. Leather. Very Good. 10.5" by 8". Not Stated. An exploration on the study of Greek sculpture by John Warrack, illustrated with many plates depicting beautiful examples of Greek art. An enjoyable treatise by John Warrack exploring the history and beauty of Greek Sculpture.In this work Warrack approached the subject not as a laborious study, but as a medium to be enjoyed.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and ninety-six plates, showing ninety-nine illustrations.Collated, complete. Including a short list of books recommended on the subject.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Rebound in a half morocco binding with paper to the boards. Minor rubbing to the extremities and spine. A small amount of loss to the tail of the spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good

Edinburgh,. First Scottish Edition. Hardback. Slip-Case.. Fine in slight used, printed slip-case, with some rubbing and slight nicking.. 4to. pp xxx, [48]. Original publisher's textured green cloth, lettered brown on spine and front cover with a photograph of Aphrodite on the front cover. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. No date, [1912]. Signed presentation from the author on the half title page, ""To Mr J. E. Preston, with very kind regards and in memory of some good talks, from John Warrack - 1/7/1916."" Including a good signed handwritten note (Hotel Majestic, Harrogate) from the author, loosely inserted, ""Dear Mr. Preston, many thank for lending me these two books. I have read 'Collider' with the greatest interest. Instinct, opportunity and a will filled purse brought him romance. The other book has some illustrations hat are new to me. I have ordered Smith's to send my 'Greek sculpture' to you direct when they get it from London, yours, John Warrack.""