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Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures
by John Wilmerding
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0810917882
- ISBN 13
- 9780810917880
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Harry N Abrams Inc, 1987. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. As new copy in fine or beter dustwrapper. First edition. Flawless copy; pages, covers and jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked. Size 9-3/4 x 11-1/4, 208 pp, index, bibliography, exhibitions, list of works, color reproductions. Laid-in is Boston Globe article shortly after his death. Gift/Collectible quality. Will be packed in bubble-wrap and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure that it arrives in pristine, collectible condition. Oversized book, priority and international shipping will be extra. Please inquire prior to ordering. Profusely illustrated with 294 illustrations, including 96 plates in full color. 'Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures' presents to the public for the first and only time every work in the series - from a small, closely observed sketch of Helga's eye, through numerous lush studies of Helga asleep, to rich, highly polished drybrushes and temperas. Introductory essay by Leondard E.B. Andrews, who purchased the entire collection with the intention of preserving them as national treasures.
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- Bookseller
- Modern First Editions Boston
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000856
- Title
- Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures
- Author
- John Wilmerding
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0810917882
- ISBN 13
- 9780810917880
- Publisher
- Harry N Abrams Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
Terms of Sale
Modern First Editions Boston
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About the Seller
Modern First Editions Boston
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Modern First Editions Boston
Growing collection of 900 + books, mostly from 60s, 70s and 80s. Vast majority of books are first editions, many of them first printings and signed. All books are from a private collection and are being sold now for the first time.Unless noted otherwise: books are without marks, original prices are not clipped and there are no former library books.Please contact me directly for commission free sales.
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