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Advertising and British Art
Walter Shaw Sparrow
1924
John Lane the Bodley Head : London
11.5" by 9"
[4] v-xvii, 189, [4]pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of this copiously illustrated work on the history of art and advertising in Great Britain, written by Walter Shaw Sparrow.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 2 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
A fascinating work on the relationship between art and advertising in British history, with chapters on varieties of advertising, advertising reform, designers, the history of British advertising posters (including sporting posters, hotels, the seaside, architecture, etc.), and more.
The first edition of this work.
Written by Welsh writer Walter Shaw Sparrow, an expert on art and architecture.
Illustrated with thirty-six prints in colour and one-hundred and twenty-one half-tone prints. Collated and complete.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, some shelf wear to the boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Cloth has darkened slightly. Internally, firmly bound. A few spots to the endpapers, though pages are otherwise bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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