The Courtezan Olympia: An Intimate Survey of Artists and Their Mistress-Models de Bulliet, C.J.(Clarence Joseph) - 1930

NY: Covici Friede. VG. 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in blue cloth. Very Good condition. The book's fro ntis plate is missing. Tiny bumps to the corners. Rubs to the spine ti ps and fading to the spine. Small bump at the front cover's upper edge . Dust soiling to the edges of the upper page block. Light tanning to the page margins. No dust jacket. .

Good+ HC in Fair DJ. Black cloth over boards, gilt designs, rules and titles; top edge gilt. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; few light scuffs; lower fore corners lightly rubbed; short split at back cover/spine head joint; tightly bound; slight age darkening on end papers; clean interior. DJ is in paper-backed mylar; 1 inch chip missing at spine head; several small chips and closed tears; edge wear at fore edges. Large 8vo, 203 pp; index; full page plates.

Covici Friede, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Good/good+ tiny tears. [NB15 AL1 APR09TT] vg ; has only light edge wear, no marks on pages. tight and clean copy. no serious defects. )

New York: Covici, Friede, 1930. 204pp, illus., some soiling & wear to cover, owner's name to frnt ep.. Cloth. Good.

New York Covici, Friede, 1930,, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Octavo, royal blue cloth w/ black design and lettering. First Ed. Small tear on spine else VG. Interior near fine. 204 deckled pages. Intimate survey of artist's 31 famous paintings of mistress-models.A fascinating book which puts names on the faces of the nude portraitures of famous artists and the lives they led together. (from page 141) "Rubens, too, had two wives, and they were his models. His magnificently voluptuous nudes attest their charms immortally. But there is none of the poignant tragedy in their stories we find in the romance of Rembrandt. Rubens was a big, good-natured, boisterous, handsome chap-healthily vulgar and proud of it. He had models galore, as later did Ronoir and Zorn. When he saw a robust, healthy young woman, full of the vigor of life, his impulse was to ask her to take off her clothes and let him paint her-an invitation that is accepted perhaps as often as not when the right man makes it in the… Leer más

Covici Friede. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Book Good. No dust jacket. Owner's name on inside.

New York: Covici, Friede, 1930. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece and full page b/w plates throughout. 204pp. Short 4to, purple cloth. New York: Covici, Friede, 1930. A very good copy.<br/><br/>

New York: Covici, Friede, 1930. Good. Good. Tears on the corners and spine ends. Book cover's binding is loose. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Covici, Friede, Publishers, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 204pp. Gilt-stamped black cloth. Plates. Owner's stamp on endpapers, corners bumped, very good lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Covici, Friede, Publishers, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 204pp. Plates. Spine faded and slightly cocked, some spotting to boards, else very good lacking the dustwrapper.