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The American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Marshall B. Davidson and Elizabeth Stillinger
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394548477
- ISBN 13
- 9780394548470
- Seller
-
Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4. Illustrated with photographs. Black cloth boards, titled in silver on spine. Gray end sheets. With 524 plates, 251 in color. Indexed, 352 pp. Glossy pictorial dust jacket. Book is near fine condition with owner's book plate and blind stamp. Spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket is fine condition with mild edge wear. Due to this book's size and/or weight, additional shipping may be needed. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061177
- Title
- The American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Author
- Marshall B. Davidson and Elizabeth Stillinger
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394548477
- ISBN 13
- 9780394548470
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 9 1/4" x 12 1/4
- Keywords
- Art, Photography, Design, Painting, Drawing, Artist, Artistic
- X weight
- 68 oz
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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