Buy this book on-line Battiss, Walter W., with G. H. Franz, J. W. Grossert and H. P. Junod : The Art of Africa(Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1958)
8vo; cloth-backed illustrated papered boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 140; tipped-in polychrome frontis. illustration; full-page and text illustrations throughout; maps. Dustwrapper somewhat sunned and edgeworn, torn at tail of spine; bottom edges of boards a bit bumped; previous owner's name on front free endpaper; a little light foxing. Good condition. 'Four authors, each an authority on certain branches of African native art and crafts, teamed together to produce this book. "The Art of Africa" purports to provide a background of understanding to the ethnological, environmental and inspirational sources of indigenous African art. Against this background appears, in the form of drawings by the authors and by Madame Lucy Jaques Rosset, visual representation of some hundreds of the objets d'art themselves, supported by accurate and descriptive text.' Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Battiss, Walter W., with G. H. Franz, J. W. Grossert and H. P. Junod : The Art of Africa. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, fine bindings, rare books, out-of-print books and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |