Lyonel Feininger
by Hans Hess
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12" by 8.5". Lyonel Feininger. The first UK edition of this profusely illustrated work on the popular painter Lyonel Feininger, written by Hans Hess. The first UK edition. Also published in the U.S in the same year by Harry N. Abrams. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and seventy-two monochrome plates and twenty-eight tipped in coloured plates. Collated complete.This work was written by Hans Hess, a German museologist, and provides a informative study on the popular German-American painter Lyonel Feininger. Hess details Feininger's life and work, with many high quality plates depicting the artists work. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Lacking dust wrapper. Externally excellent with slight fading to the spine and handling marks. Endpapers lightly age toned. Internally firmly bound with very lightly age toned and clean pages. Pages occasionally loosely stuck together. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898Z32
- Title
- Lyonel Feininger
- Author
- Hans Hess
- Illustrator
- Lyonel Feininger
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 12" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- First edition Art Lyonel Feininger Hans Hess Art
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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