The Art of Color and Design, Maitland Graves, McGraw-Hill, 1951, HC, Good

Graves, Maitland. York, PA, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1951.

English, Second Edition, Good hardcover 8vo 7 1/2" x 10", 439 pp. 

Good 8vo 7 1/2" x 10", stated second edition, tan cloth over boards, brown embossed title to front, brown title to spine, book plate to back pastedown inscribed with the name “Richard F. Simpson”. Heavy sunning to spine and front and back covers, pen mark to back cover, head and tail bumped, spine cocked, slight fraying to all 4 corners, text block is slightly sunned, otherwise bright, tightly bound and unmarked throughout. 439 pp. Ephemera placed in textblock, piece of torn notebook paper with notes written in pencil. Replete with black-and-white illustrations,  black-and-white and color diagrams and charts. Glossary and Index.  Excerpt from Preface: ”It is hoped that this book will be helpful to all practitioners of the space arts….Its purpose is an orderly, clear, and simple analysis of the elements and principles upon which all visual art is built.”