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ALONG THE COAST.
by Colmont, Marie; Illustrated by Alexandra Exter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good overall in illustrated boards - some wear to the edges of the boards and to the gray cloth spine, contents near fine, no du/illustrated boards - some wear to the edges of the boards and to the gray cloth spine, contents near fine, no
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1939.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in illustrated boards - some wear to the edges of the boards and to the gray cloth spine, contents near fine, no dustjacket. . First edition. A story of all the activity - natural and human - along the coast, written for children and adapted by Margaret Parker. Illustrated with striking double page lithographs in ten colors by Russian/Ukranian avante-garde artist Alexandra Exter (1882-1949), a constructivist painter, friend of Picasso and Bracque in Paris - and one who worked in many fields from a peasant craft cooperative in Ukraine, to stage designing, costume design, original illuminated manuscripts and more. In her later years she became known for her illustrations for the publisher Flammarion. Large format. unpaginated.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86614
- Title
- ALONG THE COAST.
- Author
- Colmont, Marie; Illustrated by Alexandra Exter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Good overall in illustrated boards - some wear to the edges of the boards and to the gray cloth spine, contents near fine, no du
- Jacket Condition
- illustrated boards - some wear to the edges of the boards and to the gray cloth spine, contents near fine, no
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1939.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated;
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