Things I Didn't Know: A Memoir
by Hughes, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400044448
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044443
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2006. 395 pages; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. A near-fine copy of the first printing. "Robert Hughes has trained his critical eye on many major subjects: from Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Goya) to the city of Barcelona (Barcelona) to the history of his native Australia (The Fatal Shore) to modern American mores and values (The Culture of Complaint). Now he turns that eye on perhaps his most fascinating subject: himself and the world that formed him. / Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. Since 1970 he has lived and worked in the United States, where until 2001 he was chief art critic for Time, to which he still contributes. His books include The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing If Not Critical, Barcelona, and Goya. He is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
Synopsis
Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. Since 1970 he has lived and worked in the United States, where until 2001 he was chief art critic for Time , to which he still contributes. His books include The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing if Not Critical, Barcelona, and Goya . He is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 076674
- Title
- Things I Didn't Know: A Memoir
- Author
- Hughes, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1400044448
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044443
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; American / 6. Late Modern, 1945-1999; Aesthetics; Pacific / Australia & New Zealand;
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