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Art, design & architecture
Britain Observed
Geoffrey Grigson
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- Author
- Geoffrey Grigson
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Limited
- Year
- 1975
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- No
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN
- 0714815977
About this copy
This is the standard first edition, first printing trade issue of this large-format survey of British landscape painting, featuring 149 illustrations (31 in colour) of works by around seventy artists from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. The copyright page confirms 'First Published 1975' with no later printings indicated. A separate signed, limited edition of 300 copies was also issued at the time (different ISBN); this is NOT that edition, but the ordinary trade first printing.
The book has pictorial boards printed directly onto the hardcover, with no separate dust jacket issued for this binding style. The endpapers reproduce an oil sketch by John Constable, 'Cirrus Clouds' (1822), from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Condition
- Book
- Fair – the front board shows a scratch/crease across the upper right area and a small chip at the lower left corner. The rear board has noticeable discoloration and a yellowish staining band along the right edge. Corners and spine ends show wear from handling and age. Interior pages are generally clean with only light overall toning.
This is a pre-owned book, and minor age-related wear may be present beyond what is specifically mentioned. All readily visible defects have been described to the best of my ability. Please see photos, which form part of the description.
Collector's notes
- Pictorial boards edition, no separate dust jacket issued
- Phaidon Press, 1975
- First edition, first printing (standard trade issue, ISBN 0 7148 1597 7)
- A separate signed limited edition of 300 copies was also published (different ISBN) – this is not that copy
- Endpapers feature a Constable oil sketch, 'Cirrus Clouds' (1822), V&A Museum A solid reading/reference copy of this well-regarded survey of British landscape art.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
