244 pages, plus 12 pages of advertisements for other Penguin titles. Includes a few black and white illustrations A Pelican Book. The dust wrapper suffers from loss towards the middle of the spine and its edges are chipped. There is an ownership inscription on the front end paper and the pages are tanned. The body of the book and its covers are in excellent condition, clean, unmarked and solid. Fry's Vision and Design was first published in 1920. "Twenty-five art-related essays by distinguished British art critic and painter reveal his wide-ranging interests. Writings explore relationships between ancient and modern art and between art and life, examining such diverse topics as the art of the Bushmen, African sculpture, ancient American art, Giotto and the art of Florence, the paintings of Dürer, El Greco and William Blake, the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, the works of Paul Cézanne, and contemporary domestic architecture. Also includes Fry's most important theoretical statement, his "Essay in Aesthetics." (synopsis later edition)