This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... TO THE STUDENT, THE PROFESSOR, THE CRITIC, AND THE MAN IN THE STREET OW, your ordinary man, what time he can spare from the fantastic business that he has set up as his "calling" or "object in life," gives a certain serious consideration in his day to phases of his mind which he calls "religion" or ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... TO THE STUDENT, THE PROFESSOR, THE CRITIC, AND THE MAN IN THE STREET OW, your ordinary man, what time he can spare from the fantastic business that he has set up as his "calling" or "object in life," gives a certain serious consideration in his day to phases of his mind which he calls "religion" or "recreation" or "culture" or "sport" or "getting on," or the like. His "religion," 'tis true, he keeps at solemn arm's length, shrinks from being on too familiar a footing with it, treats with aloof and reverential respect lest it overstep decorum, be guilty of familiarity, and enter too intimately into his conduct--though he compel it upon his neighbour with dogged resolution. His "recreation" he takes more whole-heartedly--or as wholeheartedly sees to it that his neighbours shall not take it, which is only another, if greyer, form of recreation. But the most vital faculty that is granted to him, whereby he alone may increase the splendour of life, he thrusts aside among the lesser things, accounting it of less significance in his day than his sport--to say nothing of food and drink and money. Nay, the very word Art, which is the next most important in his short wayfaring to Life itself, he associates with a painting in a gilt frame by some long-dead artist, which he does not understand, but respects as a fetish because in some vague way he realises that large sums of money are needed to purchase it-- by people who understand the art of it perhaps as little as he. The Great, and the heirs to the once Great, living in a palatial atmosphere, are surrounded by masterpieces of painting of antique days--for which they care or do not care--and they that are new come to wealth, being at their wits' end, often as not, to know what to do with
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Add this copy of The Splendid Wayfaring to cart. $12.00, good condition, Sold by Prairie Archives rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton.
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Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly soiled. Quarto, Corners bumped and worn to boards. Int hinge broken at front endpapers, some weak hinges. Pages browned. This oversize book may require extra shipping for priority and international orders.
Add this copy of The Splendid Wayfaring to cart. $18.00, good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by Simpkin.
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Good. Good hardcover. Hinges cracked. Pages clean. Frontispiece page slightly coming loose, still connected. Corners on cover rubbed and bent. Spine ends nicked and frayed.
Add this copy of The Splendid Wayfaring to cart. $30.62, fair condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Later issue. Brown boards with yellow lettering. (Art, Aesthetics) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Add this copy of The Splendid Wayfaring to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
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Very Good. First edition. Very good with some fraying at the top of the spine, edgewear, a one inch tear in the center of the front gutter, endpapers are browned.
Add this copy of The Splendid Wayfaring to cart. $58.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Wentworth Press.
Add this copy of The Splendid Wayfaring to cart. $128.81, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1913 by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
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None. Very Good Indeed. A first edition of this collection of essays on the Arts by Haldane Macfall. With numerous vignette illustrations throughout by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier Brzeska, Gordon Craig, and the author. With chapters including Of Art, Of Beauty, Of Impressionism, Of the Power of Drama, Of the Law, Of the Dealing in Antiquities and many others. Bookplate of Peter Summers to front pastedown. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally smart, with just some minor shelfwear. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright, but have some scattered light spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed.
Add this copy of The Splendid Wayfaring to cart. $210.82, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1913 by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Ken.
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Very good. Signed. First Edition. First edition, Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous woodcuts by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gordon Craig, and the author. With the original prospectus. Inscribed by the author to the f.f. ep. ' To Miss Janet Standcomb-Wills with the best wishes of the author Haldane Macfall January 1914'. The verso of the half title is also signed. Pages clean with some light spotting, light rubbing to corners ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
