Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Size: 6x1x9; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly worn & toned in a mylar cover.

Size: 6x1x9; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly worn & toned in a mylar cover.

First am. Fine in fine dust jacket. Like new.

First am. Fine in fine dust jacket. Like new.

Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

New York. 1998. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in

New York. 1998. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374185050. 284 pages. hardcover. Cover: Bronzino-'Portrait of a Young Man'. keywords: Europe England Literature Essays Art World Literature. DESCRIPTION-James Fenton, one of England's most gifted poets, has in recent years been looking closely at works of art and writing incisively and inventively about them and their creators. This collection of fifteen writings discusses a wide range of painting and sculpture, from the mummy portraits of ancient Egypt to the works of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. 'Ingenious. Intrigued by emerging and unstable reputations, [Fenton] introduces us to Leonardo da Vinci's half-brother's son Pierino: a precocious sculptor celebrated by Vasari but virtually forgotten since. '--Publishers Weekly. 'Not surprisingly, Fenton displays throughout the passionate attentiveness of a scholar, the enthusiasm of an amateur, and the urbane cleverness of an English journalist. '--Washington Post Book World. '[Fenton] is not, like Baudelaire, a poet moonlighting as art critic; he is something else again--a poetic art historian. '--Karen Wright, Observer. 'These essays educate, enlighten, surprise and thrill, unfailingly. '--Robin Lippincott, New York Times Book Review. inventory #33809.

Size: 6x1x9; AS NEW in as new dust jacket. FIRST edition, first printing/impression. Binding tight and square. Unmarked on inspection.

Size: 6x1x9; AS NEW in as new dust jacket. FIRST edition, first printing/impression. Binding tight and square. Unmarked on inspection.

Size: 9x6x1; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Size: 9x6x1; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!