Illusions

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. US but printed in the UK under ISBN No: 0030208866* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication: 1977* Publisher: Holt, Reinhart & Winston. Licensed to Thames & Hudson Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Large paperback with stiff card covers. No bumps. Slight shelf wear to corners & edges. Slight creases to spine & hinge. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations, inscriptions or internal marks. No cut-outs or tracing pages removed. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG+* Illustrations: B/w line drawings and photos with some monochrome backgrounds. Also includes four semi translucent pages of designs for experimentation.* Pages: 100 pp. text. xvi pp. Cutouts.* Product Description:- When we critically examine the ?mechanism? of illusion, the insight that we thus gain into our weaknesses, rather than ?disillusioning? us, is likely to exert a certain fascination, especially when we come to realise that despite our awareness that we are victims of illusion, we are unable to avoid succumbing to it. This book provides a fascinating manual to examine our propensity to be misled by illusion and suggests some of the uses to which we, as artists and crafts persons, may put it..* This is a NEAR FINE copy with only minimal shelf and reading wear.*