La Fiesta Brava : The Art of the Bull Ring

Conrad, Barnaby

007070 Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1953 First Edition Dust Jacket Poor Hard Cover Good Black cloth on boards. 184pp. Volume has soil to rear cover, corners are worn. Jacket is worn, torn, chipped and chewed, with pieces missing here and there. Now in clear cover. "Barnaby Conrad has brought back from Spain, Mexico and Peru the greatest collection of bullfighting photographs ever published in one volume. Twelve years in the gathering, they bring to the reader all of the dramatic intensity of the world's most dangerous game. The text describes the history and the personalities surrounding the science of bullfighting as well as the methods, techniques, and behind the scenes details. The author who is an artist and an amateur matador as well, has prepared drawings and diagrams to parallel and illumine the photographs. The glossary, a complete taurine dictionary, is the most comprehensive published in English." $32.00USD
Click here to order or message the dealer


Search Books and Collectibles