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MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection
by Newton, Douglas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus to Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394500571
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500577
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1978. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus to Very Good. Lee Boltin, Photographer. The truly magnificent Rockefeller collection, donated to the Metropolitan Museum in 1979, encompasses primitive art from Black Africa to Oceania to Precolumbian America as well as many Native American cultures of North America in 254 full color photographs. Text by Douglas Newton, chairman of the Department of Primitive Art at the Metropolitan, with a foreword by Andre Malraux. 9 x 11 3/4 inches, brown cloth-covered boards decoratively stamped with primitve art designs, gold-stamped lettering on the spine. 264 pages, including a bibliography and a catalog of the art work. Front cover very slightly bowed, upper corner of page 143-144 creased, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The price-clipped, primarily black dustjacket, featuring a 16th century ivory mask from Africa, shows a moderate amount of surface and edge wear but remains 98% whole with no significant tears, chipping or creasing. [Sorry, due to the size and weight of this book, we cannot accept expedited orders or orders from outside the U.S.]
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005198
- Title
- MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection
- Author
- Newton, Douglas
- Illustrator
- Lee Boltin, Photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0394500571
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500577
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- ART, PRIMITIVE FIRST EDITION, ART HISTORY, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; History; Miscellaneous;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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