History of Art For Young People
by Janson, H. W.; Cauman, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, cloth in publisher's dust-jacket. 408 pages. Includes: Glossary of Terms; Synoptic Tables; Index and Further Reading list. Illustrated with over 400 plates of which 74 are in color. First edition thus, originally published in 1962 as a high school text. This first Abrams edition has been revised for the general reader and is divided into four parts: How Art Began; the Middle Ages; the Renaissance; and the Modern World. Previous owner's first name neatly written on upper front free end-paper. Mild shelf-wear (soiling) to white rear dust-jacket panel. Book is clean, tight, and unmarked (but for name). Very good+ in a very good dust-jacket. Scarce in this edition. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021136
- Title
- History of Art For Young People
- Author
- Janson, H. W.; Cauman, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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Staten Island, New York
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