About this title: The definitive book of optical illusions featuring works by Escher and Dali. With delightful trickery and visual puns, this book features: colour illustrations throughout; astonishing creations by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo; amazing visual trickery; and an illuminating foreword by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas R. Hofstadter makes this 320-page, breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Rings of seahorses that seem to rotate on the page. Butterflies that transform right before your eyes into two warriors with their horses. A ...
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Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1402705778. Price clipped DJ.; 1.26 x 11.02 x 9.21 Inches; 320 pages; Astonishing creations by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo; amazing visual trickery; and an illuminating foreword by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author Douglas R. Hofstadter make this 320-page, breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Rings of seahorses that seem to rotate on the page. Butterflies that transform right before your eyes into two ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Sterling
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781402751011ISBN:140275101X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781402705779ISBN:1402705778
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cloth, 320 pp., illus. (some col. ), biblio., index; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Astonishing creations by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Arcimboldo, amazing visual trickery and an illuminating foreword by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author Douglas R. Hofstadter make this 320-page, breathtaking collection the definitive ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sterling
Date Published: 2007-08-01
ISBN-13:9781402751011ISBN:140275101X
Description: Good. YOUR MOM CALLED and said you should buy our book, and if you do we will ship it from Kentucky. We are a small family business and do our best to keep you happy and more money in your pocket. The cover has normal wear and may have some stickers on the cover/spine from the bookstore. It may not include the CD/Access code from the publisher if there was one. E-mail with questions. Oh and your mom said to call her back. : ) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sterling
Date Published: 2004-09-01
ISBN-13:9781402705779ISBN:1402705778
Description: Good. YOUR MOM CALLED and said you should buy our book, and if you do we will ship it from Kentucky. We are a small family business and do our best to keep you happy and more money in your pocket. The cover has normal wear and may have some stickers on the cover/spine from the bookstore. It may not include the CD/Access code from the publisher if there was one. E-mail with questions. Oh and your mom said to call her back. : ) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: STERLING PUBL CO INC
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781402751011ISBN:140275101X
Description: New. Rings of seahorses seem to rotate and butterflies seems to transform into warriors right on the page. Astonishing creations of visual trickery by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo make this breathtaking collection the definitiv... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sterling
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781402705779ISBN:1402705778
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1402705778. Light stress to dust jacket extrems, appears clean, bright and crisp, in brodart. Gentle softening to spine ends; light shelf wear to edges; otherwise a very clean and tight copy. Art History. Pasadena's premier independent new and used bookstore.; 1.26 x 11.02 x 9.21 Inches; 320 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Oversized Hardcover
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co, New York, NY
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781402705779ISBN:1402705778
Description: Very Good- in Very Good jacket. Mylared. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 320pp. Index. Grey cloth withsilver lettering to spine. Illustrated (color reproductions throughout). Forward by Douglas R. Hofstadter, author of Godel, Escher, Back. Astonishing creations of visual trickery by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo make this breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is a bit ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sterling
Date Published: 2004-09-01
ISBN-13:9781402705779ISBN:1402705778
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
"This book was just visually amazing. I would have like more explanation about the illusions, but the writing was easy to understand. This is a fun book!"
"A cool collection of optical illusions in this book, many of them are explained. A fantastic book, although after having read, I never looked at it again."
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