EARLY AMERICAN STONE SCULPTURE FOUND IN THE BURYING GROUNDS OF NEW ENGLAND One of Seventy-Five
by Neal, Avon and Parker, Ann
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sweetwater Editions. VG+. 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. An amazing and beautiful work. This copy is 1 of 175 bound in dark brown full mottled calf. The front cover displays a sculpted image of a gravestone rubbing recessed into the leather. Included is one original gravestone rubbings taken directly from the Pompey Breton marker, Newport, Rhode Island, along with two selenium-toned silver prints processed signed and numbered by Ann Parker. All enclosed in the original box. The prints and book are in near perfect condition, the book showing just a touch of foxing at the edges and a bit foxing just to the mats around the photos, not the images themselves. The box shows some fraying, rubbing and wear and a bit of sun fading in spots. This is an astonishingly beautiful work. The book contains forty-two rubbings taken directly from the stones by the authors, reproduced on Ticonderoga text paper, along with photos of the stones and text detailing the history. Interesting as bookbinding, as artwork, and as history. Scarce. ; Folio 13" - 23" tal; 114 pages; RBGLASS .
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- Bookseller
- Carlson Turner Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4913
- Title
- EARLY AMERICAN STONE SCULPTURE FOUND IN THE BURYING GROUNDS OF NEW ENGLAND One of Seventy-Five
- Author
- Neal, Avon and Parker, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Sweetwater Editions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
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About the Seller
Carlson Turner Books
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Portland, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...