rodick carmichael (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. 7.5" wide by 9.75" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. A study of "bad taste" in urban life, particularly in the North of England during the first half of the 20th century. Looks at some of the ways suburban dwellers can assert their "identity against encroaching respectability." From the Dust Jacket: "The main theme of their book is the extraordinary quality to be found in the leisure culture of the major cities: a popular aesthetic, made up of scraps and pieces of dead styles, clichà d ornaments and plundered pastiche, revamped and revitalized with startling vulgar vitality. The authors believe that this language of the commonplace, often called 'bad taste,' may reveal far more about the true nature of modern society." . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket.

HC. B&W illustrations (illustrator). 152pp ISBN 0710085923 WATER STAIN ON REAR BOARD UNDER DUSTJACKET The main theme of this book is the extraordinary quality to be found in the leisure culture of the major cities: a popular aesthetic, made up of scraps and pieces of dead styles, cliched ornament and plundered pastiche, revamped and revitalised with startling vulgar vitality. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) water stain rear board.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Softcover, oblong 8 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, 245 pages, illustrated. Covers have only very slight wear and the pages are clean.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Moderate age and reading wear. 152 pages. No internal inscriptions. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sociology & Culture; ISBN: 0710085923. ISBN/EAN: 9780710085924. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55734.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 191 pages. Sq 4to. This is an ex library copy from the "Australian Academy of Design" with "Cancelled" stamped on inside of front and back covers and fly leaf. Very clean with no internal marks or inscriptions. Illustrated with b&w drawings and photographs. Originally part of the Art Structures course offered by the School of Humanities in Deakin University's Open Campus Program.