Priestley, J. B.

Particular Pleasures Being a Personal Record of Some Varied Arts and Many Different Artists

Hardcover, New York: Stein and Day, 1975. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. First US Edition. "In this beautifully illustrated volume, Priestley lets us in on his special enjoyments in life, the merits of painters as diverse as Turner and de Stael, Gainsborough and Vuillard, Watteau and Bonnard, Cezanne and Sickert." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Sticker residue on front free endpaper. Spine is slightly skewed. Moderate edge wear. Small bumps on corners and spine ends. Light tanning to edges of pages. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. Normal edge and shelf wear. Small creases and tears on corners and spine ends. Crease down back flap. Slightly yellowed. Lightly faded on spine. ; B&W and Color illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 192 pages. [Item #75675]

Price: $35.00