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Playing with Form; Children Draw in Six Cultures
by Alland, Alexander Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0231056087
- ISBN 13
- 9780231056083
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Columbia University Press, New York, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. XII, 226pp., last 3 blank, preface by author, bibliography and index. Black-and-white illustrated title page, an illustration by a young child. The text is illustrated with numerous examples of children's drawings from various countries and tables. White coloured boards with red and blue writing on the spine. Minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the rear book corners. A little shelfwear to the lower book edges and dust marks to the top paper edge. Illustrated dustwrapper, being a coloured reproduction of a child drawing against a white background with purple, blue and black writing on the front panel and purple and blue on the spine. The white background of the dustwrapper is rubbed, faded and quite dull. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and there is crinkling to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. An empirical study on children drawing and the development of a child's artistic skill in six diverse countries/cultures -- Bali, Ponape, Taiwan, Japan, United States and France. This is the First USA Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; Art; Art & Design. ISBN: 0231056087. ISBN/EAN: 9780231056083. Inventory No: 0103290. . 9780231056083
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0103290
- Title
- Playing with Form; Children Draw in Six Cultures
- Author
- Alland, Alexander Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0231056087
- ISBN 13
- 9780231056083
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Drawing Ability in Children -- Cross-cultural Studies, Children -- Artistic Ability Education; Art; Art & Design. Unbranded ISBN: 0231056087 EAN: 9780231056083 Alland, Alexander Jr. Playing with Form; Children Draw in Six Cultures
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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