Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin by Davenport-Hines, Richard - 1999-06-01

North Point Press, 1999. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

North Point Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

North Point Pr, 1999-06. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: North Point Press; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. Cloth, 438 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Firm binding, edges lightly soiled. Stray pen mark/one leaf, otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket with moderate shelfwear. Gothic revival in art. "In this book, Richard Davenport-Hines traces the history of the gothic sensibility, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The birth of gothic can be said to date to the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631, an event so powerful it created a new landscape and inspired the desolate and savage scenes depicted by the painter Salvator Rosa. With their precipices, ruined castles, dark caves, and contorted trees, they provided the original visual and imaginative frame of the genre. Whatever the medium - art, architecture, gardening, literature, photography, filmmaking, music, clothing design - gothic is about exaggeration, about immoderation. This revelatory history ranges across genres and eras, taking in figures as various as Lord Byron,… Read More

New York: North Point Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First American Edition. Hardcover. 086547544X . First American edition. Richard Davenport-Hines traces the history of "gothic sensibilty" in art, architecture, literature, film, fashion and other endeavors since the 17th century. Generously illustrated in black & white throughout, along with a section of gloss plates bearing color illustrations. This work originally published in the UK by Fourth Estate. --- In full red paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Black dust jacket repeats the title. --- An about Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound, bright and lacking apparent damages. Unclipped jacket ($35) also in great shape; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector (which has mild rubbing). (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.) ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (10), 438 pages .

North Point Pr, 1999-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!