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(BACON, Francis.) Carl A. Schmitz.

The Acanthus History of Sculpture: Oceanic Sculpture; Sculpture of Melanesia.

General editors: Sir Herbert Read, H. D. Molesworth.

First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist Francis Bacon on the front free endpaper, “To John, with all best wishes, Francis Bacon”. Also inscribed in another hand “Christmas 1962, love from Robert”.

Folio. Original lemon boards with fawn cloth spine, titles to upper cover and spine gilt. 33 black and white photographs by F. L. Kennet. Edges of boards rubbed, light browning to edges of pages and endpapers, dust jacket lightly rubbed to edges, nicked to corners.