WARD, ANTHONY. — Walter Pater: The Idea in Nature.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1966. 1st edition."'He is the mask without the face' , said Henry James of Walter Pater..To many, Pater is simply, but mistakenly, associated with the aesthetic movement, turned by Oscar Wilde into the dandyism which led ultimately with his downfall. In 'Walter Pater: The Idea in Nature', Anthony Ward traces the serious influences on Pater's thought, in an attempt to see behind the mask." Pp.202. Purple cloth, dustwrapper browned with small loss to lower front edge but is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G.