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A Boatload of Madmen: Surrealism and the American Avant-Garde 1920-1950
by Dickran Tashjian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0500974160
- ISBN 13
- 9780500974162
- Seller
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Fayetteville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Thames and Hudson, 1995. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket has a small tear lower corner front, top edge is curled, scuffed surface, tiny tear lower edge rear. Black boards with black cloth spine sunned top edge, small white spots rear spine edge, clean interior. First edition. Black and white illustrations 424 pages. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
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- Bookseller
- Ivy Ridge Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11935
- Title
- A Boatload of Madmen: Surrealism and the American Avant-Garde 1920-1950
- Author
- Dickran Tashjian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0500974160
- ISBN 13
- 9780500974162
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Keywords
- the arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- X weight
- 50 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ivy Ridge Books
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About Ivy Ridge Books
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