The laughter and the urn : the life of Rex Whistler
by Whistler, Laurence (1912-2000)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0297786032
- ISBN 13
- 9780297786030
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 321 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. ""Designed by Cinamon and Kitzinger"" -- t.p. verso. Case binding of light blue paper boards. Title, author and publisher in silver on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Price �14.95 net. Illustrated endpapers. Dedication on p. [v] to ""Henry Anglesey"" [i.e. the Marquis of Anglesey]. Includes index. List of plates and illustrations p. ix-xi. Includes bibliographical references (page 312). Subjects: Whistler, Rex. Artists - England ; Biography.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 296695
- Title
- The laughter and the urn : the life of Rex Whistler
- Author
- Whistler, Laurence (1912-2000)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297786032
- ISBN 13
- 9780297786030
- Publisher
- London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
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