The Gentle Art of Faking: A History of the Methods of Producing Imitations & Spurious Works of Art from the Earliest Times Up to the Present Day

<p>318pp, various black and white photographic plates. Natural cloth under blue paper-covered boards; black titles on pasted spine label. 8vo. Sun-faded spine with water stains, rubbed corners and spine ends; soiling to boards, a little cocked. Text block edge tanning. Free endpapers starting to tan. Pages starting to tan. Otherwise internally neat, clean and tight.</p>