New York: Harper & Brothers (for The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1954. Stated First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's navy cloth over black and blue decorated boards, blind stamped lettering on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, gray endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions. . Unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, has some tears and chipping. . Book Club Edition. Color reproductions. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 184 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19953
Title: Fifty Centuries of Art
Author: Taylor, Francis Henry
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: Stated First Edition. 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers (for The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: Art;, Art History, Painting, Ceramics, Scupture, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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...
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