The Sculpture of the Nike Temple Parapet
first edition Hardcover
1929 · Cambridge, Massachusetts
by Carpenter, Rhys
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1929. Original/First. Hardcover. Contents VG, clean and tight but with light age toning to fore edges and former owner's name/date on ffep (professor of classical art). End papers stained at fore edges; covers fading at edges and with some ith a few spots. Dj chipped at edges, a bit soiled, and with small pinholes. Bottom inch of dj spine missing.. Lovely turquoise cloth/boards; gilt lettering, decoration and borders. Tan dj with turquoise lettering, decoration and borders. 83 pp. with 34 bw plates, 15 bw figures, and a fold-out plan of the restoration of the parapet. This volume begins with a survey of the extant remains of the parapet, which are assigned on stylistic grounds to six different sculptors. A reconstruction is then attempted. A complete series of black and white photographs is included. (Inventory #: 156329)