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Ancient Peruvian Ceramics: The Nathan Cummings Collection
by Sawyer, Alan R
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, [1966]. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Sonday, Milton F., Jr.. 4to. 144 pp. Bound in natural buckram, decoration stamped in brown on front cover, title in gilt on spine. Lacking dust jacket. Profusely illustrated n full color and black and white. Inscribed by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings on half title. Fine, bright copy, lacking dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000439
- Title
- Ancient Peruvian Ceramics
- Author
- Sawyer, Alan R
- Illustrator
- Sonday, Milton F., Jr.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich
- Date Published
- [1966]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Precolumbian Art and History; Signed / Inscribed;
Terms of Sale
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- New
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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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