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Drawing for Radio Times
by USHERWOOD, R. D. [Editor]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good+
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bodley Head, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near fine/Very good+. 8vo. Pp. 127. Foreword by the editor. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bound in brown paper-wrapped boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Dust jacket price clipped and a very short closed tear on the front top edge, else fine. An especially crisp example. Usherwood was Radio Times Art Editor 1950-1960. Here he describes the context and merits of more than 30 illustrators' work shown, originally commissioned for the weekly magazine. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3519
- Title
- Drawing for Radio Times
- Author
- USHERWOOD, R. D. [Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Good+
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- Gilt
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