Currier and Ives,: Printmakers to the American People
by Harry T. Peters
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/Fair
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Decorative beige hardcover cloth boards with pictorial Currier and Ives pastedown on the front cover. Gilt lettering unblock background on spine.
Book is sound with tight binding and clean text throughout. All 192 plates accounted for. Some minor edge wear to corners. Age toned text.
DJ has extensive old taping to front cover. Open and closed tears to top and bottom of DJ spine. Closed tear to fold of rear flap.
This notable collection of Currier and Ives prints is from Harry T. Peters, and is one of the largest collections at the time of publication.
192 full page plates with 28 in full color.
Mylar protected.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02-09-2023-04
- Title
- Currier and Ives,
- Author
- Harry T. Peters
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1942
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City NY
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 192 plates
- Size
- 12 1/4" x 9 1/8"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American printmakers, American regional and folk art
Terms of Sale
Bonnie Lane Books
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About the Seller
Bonnie Lane Books
Biblio member since 2022
Roseburg, Oregon
About Bonnie Lane Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...