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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: A Biography
by B H Friedman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385129947
- ISBN 13
- 9780385129947
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday & Company, 1978-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1978 first edition Doubleday and Co. (New York), 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall x 2 1/2 inches thick green cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, xi, 684 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Moderate foxing to fore page edges. Very slight staining to front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly soiled, chipped and edgeworn dust jacket which has a couple of closed one-inch edge tears but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~I~ [3.0P] The definitive biography of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney family. The author, Bernard Harper Friedman, was a real estate executive who gave up his business career to write well-received novels and art criticism and whose books included an early biography of Jackson Pollock. On this work, Friedman collaborated with Mrs. Whitney's granddaughter, Flora Irving Miller.
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- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- I-0322-12412
- Title
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: A Biography
- Author
- B H Friedman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385129947
- ISBN 13
- 9780385129947
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 1978-01-01
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Flamingo Books specializes in scarce and unusual nonfiction books and ephemera, with an emphasis on the natural sciences, religion, law, history and antiquarian titles.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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