Book #58079

The Book Beautiful: Walter Pater and the House of Macmillan - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Robert M. Seiler

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: London And New Brunswick, NJ: The Athlone Press, 1999.
ISBN: 0485115352

Price: $50.00

An unblemished first Printing of the First Edition housed in an equally Fine dust-jacket.

This book is a study of Walter Pater and the House of Macmillan. It investigates the ways in which Pater's philosophy and ideas influenced the Macmillan publishing house and its publications. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Pater's life and work, as well as detailed analysis of the Macmillan publications that bore his influence.; 8vo; 206 pages.