"A THING OF BEAUTY"

A Thing of Beauty is a novel by author A. J. Cronin, initially published in 1956, with the alternate title of Crusader's Tomb. It tells the story of Stephen Desmonde, an English painter who struggles for recognition in a conventional world, sacrificing everything for his passion for art. The title is a reference to John Keats' 1818 poem, Endymion, which begins with "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever."

(WIKIPEDIA)

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THE WRITER:

A.J. CRONIN

Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel The Citadel (1937) tells of a Scottish doctor in a Welsh mining village, who later shoots up the career ladder in London. Cronin had seen the venues as a medical inspector of mines and later as a doctor in Harley Street. The book promoted still controversial ideas on medical ethics and helped to inspire the National Health Service. Another popular mining novel of his, set in the North East of England, is The Stars Look Down. Both have been filmed, as have Hatter's Castle, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years. His novella Country Doctor instigated a long-running BBC radio and TV series, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, which was revived many years later.

(WIKIPEDIA)

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COVER PAINTING:

ROBERT FAWCETT

Robert Fawcett (1903–1967) was an English artist. He was trained as a fine artist but achieved fame as an illustrator of books and magazines

Born in England, he grew up in Canada and later in New York. His father, an amateur artist, encouraged Robert's interest in art. While in Canada, he was apprenticed to an engraver. He attended the Slade School of Art in London, then returned to the United States to pursue a career in fine arts, although he had to work as a commercial artist to support himself. He soon became disenchanted with the poor pay and political infighting of the fine arts world and decided to commit himself to commercial art, where he was successful. He was the author of On the Art of Drawing.

(WIKIPEDIA)

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THE PUBLISHER:

5th PRINTING OF THE

BANTAM BOOKS

EDITION

NEW YORK

1957

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SIZED:

CENTIMETERS: 11 X 18

PAGES: 344

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CONDITION

GENERAL:

REASONABLE TO GOOD, SOME SMALL WRITING IN PENCIL ON FIRST PAGE, SOME VERY LIGHT WATER-DAMAGE ON FIRST PAGES

COVER:

BIT RUBBED, DIRTY AND DISCOLOURED, CORNERS AND EDGES BUMPED WITH SOME SMALL DAMAGES, SOME LIGHTLY CRACKED BENDS

SPINE:

IDEM AND SMALL TORN ON BOTTOM-SIDE

PAGES: 

DISCOLOURED, HARDLY TO NO SIGNS OF USAGE

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