American Places (Eliot Porter)
by Stegner, Wallace and Page / Macrae, John - editor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517413612
- ISBN 13
- 9780517413616
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Greenwich House, 1983 Book. Illus. by Porter, Eliot - Photographer. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 224 pp, illus. with 89 color plates. Edited by John Macrae. Price clipped. Only the slightest wear to dj with lightly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 10.5" x 12.25". Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "An informative text by the distinguished novelist complements a collection of photographs of the American landscape in a work that depicts all aspects of American life from the Rocky Mountains to the state of Maine.".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6755
- Title
- American Places (Eliot Porter)
- Author
- Stegner, Wallace and Page / Macrae, John - editor
- Illustrator
- Porter, Eliot - Photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Hardcover Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0517413612
- ISBN 13
- 9780517413616
- Publisher
- Greenwich House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- NATURE & ECOLOGY UNITED STATES NATURAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEYS DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY; NATURE & ECOLOGY;
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Fine
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- Reprint
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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