Etchers and Etching: Chapters in the History of the Art Together with Technical Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods, 4th Edition (Volume II, Graphic Arts Series)
by PENNELL, Ioseph
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. Stated fourth edition of Joseph Pennell's presentation of notable etchings as produced by some of the better practioners of the art form. This edition with a preface by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, as well as three other prefaces. The text and art are presented on heavy, buff-colored leaves. This work is vol. II in the publisher's Graphic Arts Series. --- In beige buckram cloth-covered boards with titling in dark red to cover and spine; red topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, tightly-bound and unmarked copy, though with general age-toning to covers & lightly sunned spine. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; xxxv, 343 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87064
- Title
- Etchers and Etching: Chapters in the History of the Art Together with Technical Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods, 4th Edition (Volume II, Graphic Arts Series)
- Author
- PENNELL, Ioseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
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