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Encyclopaedia of the Arts
by Read, Herbert (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Meredith Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1966. First US Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Pubisher's full gray tweed cloth with brown leather labels on spine, gilt lettering on labels. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and reproductions. . Edges of pages have very slight age-toning, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has a 1" chip at the upper edge of the rear panel, short tears which have been neatly repaired from the inside with cellophane tape, and some light creasing. NEAR FINE/GOOD. . B&W Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 966, (10) pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22207
- Title
- Encyclopaedia of the Arts
- Author
- Read, Herbert (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First US Edition. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Meredith Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Art;, Architecture, Encyclopedias, Literature;, Music, Reference, Photography, Theater, OPERA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Fine
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