Ways of Seeing Satire

Ways of Seeing SatireNew York: Viking Press, 1973 First hardcover edition. First printing, with no later printings mentioned on the copyright page. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket, just with a a crease to the rear flap. An outstanding example. Based on the BBC television series which aired in 1972, the book features seven essays, three of which are image only. It remains one of the most widely influential books on art, challenging the way we interpret images.

In the book

” One of the most lasting and widely read children’s novels

A little foxing to the outer text block edges but the contents fine

unrestored example

London: Faber and Faber

dedicated “to all the men who have ever worn a military uniform and to the one hilarious memory they have a thousand times and more

I / hope we can take / time to relax and / golf together as this all unfolds

but  a near fine copy overall

Paris: Robert Laffont

and bumps to the extremities of the spine

He traveled to Hiroshima only a few months after the Surrender of Japan

first issue dust jacket with $3