Painting as a Pastime
by CHURCHILL, The Right Honourable Sir Winston
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cornerstone Library. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. Hard Cover. A 1965 American reprint edition of the original 1950 issuance. Well known as a statesman and author, Sir Winston Churchill possessed considerable talent as a painter. This work consists of his 32-page essay on the merits of painting, and with 18 gloss paper plates displaying some of his landscapes and still lifes. --- A slim hardcover booklet in green leaf-patterned paper-covered boards, without a dust jacket. With a black & white photographic frontis portrait of Sir Winston at the easel. --- A well-preserved copy, but the essay portion's leaves have become somewhat tanned. Interior is tightly-bound and unmarked; plates remain bright and colors are vivid.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 32, 18 plates pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85523
- Title
- Painting as a Pastime
- Author
- CHURCHILL, The Right Honourable Sir Winston
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cornerstone Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- CHURCHILL
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
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- Jacket
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