THE LIFE AND WORK OF THOMAS EAKINS.
by (Eakins, Thomas). Hendricks, Gordon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1974.. 1974.. Very good. - Quarto, red cloth (bottom edge slightly rubbed); titled in gilt on spine; in color pictorial dw (edges slightly rubbed; small price label on rear panel). xxx, [ii] & 367 pages plus the colophon (very slight occasional soiling). Color frontispiece & profuse B&W & color illustrations. Very good. <p>First edition. Signed by Gordon Hendricks on the front endpaper.<p>Laid in is a newsprint brochure on Eakins published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.<p>Hendricks' biography "has drawn on many sources, including Eakins' letters, contemporary journals and newspapers, and other documents, to bring into clear focus the rather mystifying figure who lived and worked quietly in conservative nineteenth- century Philadelphia, yet managed to create scandals through both his teaching and his paintings."--From the dw.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34460
- Title
- THE LIFE AND WORK OF THOMAS EAKINS.
- Author
- (Eakins, Thomas). Hendricks, Gordon
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Grossman Publishers, 1974.
- Date Published
- 1974.
- Keywords
- THOMAS EAKINS; GORDON HENDRICKS; PAINTING; AMERICAN; BIOGRAPHY; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; FINE ART; ART REFERENCE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; 20TH CENTURY; LIFE AND WORK.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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