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Gilbert Stuart: An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works. Volumes I-II
by Lawrence Park, John Hill Morgan, Royal Cortissoz
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [ART HISTORY]. Lawrence Park, John Hill Morgan, Royal Cortissoz. "Gilbert Stuart: An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works. Volumes I-II." New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First edition. English language. Hardcover. Two volumes. 4to. Publisher's blue pebbled cloth boards paneled in gilt with gilt-stamped spines, top edges gilt. 982 pp across two volumes. 12 3/4 x 9 inches. 11 1/2 lbs together. Black and white illustrations with text, titles printed red and black, one sepia photogravure frontispiece portrait in each volume, including one of George Washington. Former library copy with stickers on spines, stamps on colophons, card pockets at rear, and stamps on fore-edges. Heavy paper. Laid-in insert reads: "The text of these volumes was set on the linotype and printed direct from the slugs." Text clean. A foundational catalogue raisonne of Stuart's paintings, an invaluable reference work. This is Volume I and II only, these are the text volumes. Volumes III and IV, not present here, contain the plates. Very Good. No ISBN. ASIN: B002J7PAKM. Freitag 9197. Karpel H498. Lucas p.195.
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- Exchange Value Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0004889
- Title
- Gilbert Stuart: An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works. Volumes I-II
- Author
- Lawrence Park, John Hill Morgan, Royal Cortissoz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New York: William Edwin Rudge
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 11.25 lbs
- Keywords
- Gilbert Stuart, Colonial America, Washingtonia, George Washington, Painting, Art History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art History;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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The dealer is an alum of the Rare Book School and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar.
I started in the trade at the Wexner Center for the Arts bookstore, and previously worked for the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, and the Indiana University Eskenazi Museum of Art's Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.
Besides selling books, I proofread them for Farrar, Straus and Giroux. jamespayne.info.
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