Depths of Glory : A Biographical Novel of Camille Pissarro Hardcover - 1985

Bodley Head, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. includes glossary and a selected bibliography. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with blue, black and dark purple coloured titles to the front panel and gold and white coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. The Depths of Glory spotlights one of the most important, endearing and enduring figures in the history of art: Camille Pissarro, a brilliant, prolific painter, and the central figure of the French Impressionist movement. Set against the vibrant canvas of 19th century Europe, Pissarro's story begins as he arrives from the West Indies, where he grew up, to study painting in Paris, and there comes under the heading influence of Corot and the "Barbizon school"." -- front fold over blurb. Rubbing of the lower book edges and top book corners and top back strip edges. Some discolouration to the lower edge of the panels. Tanning of the text block edges along with some staining. Age toning of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages with gift inscription, dated 1986, to the free front end page. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners, lower back strip corners and top back strip edge. Rubbing of the edges and of the dustwrapper panels. Some fading of the back strip; some stains can be seen to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VI, 582 pages, last three pages blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0370304969. ISBN/EAN: 9780370304960. Inventory No: 0218716. . 9780370304960