AMERICAN MINIATURES 1730-1850: One Hundred and Seventy-Three Portraits Selected With a Descriptive Account
by Wehle, Harry B./Bolton, Theodore (A Biographical Dictionary of the Artists)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1937. 128 pp. Original yellow cloth covers w/ gilt title on blue cloth spine. Binding moderately soiled. Light scattered foxing. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear and tear to edges. Mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Illust. w/ 173 portraits in color and half-tone. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20687ART
- Title
- AMERICAN MINIATURES 1730-1850: One Hundred and Seventy-Three Portraits Selected With a Descriptive Account
- Author
- Wehle, Harry B./Bolton, Theodore (A Biographical Dictionary of the Artists)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY AMERICAN MINIATURES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 1730 1850 PORTRAITS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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