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Rain Forest Visions: Amazonian ceramics from Ecuador--the Melza and Ted Barr Collection
by Shields, Scott A., ed
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1884038263
- ISBN 13
- 9781884038266
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About This Item
Sacramento: Crocker Art Museum, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Jesse Bravo. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in chocolate brown cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Literally stuffed with full-color, often full-page plates. From the personal library of Mr. Richard L. Press, formerly of Richard L. Press Fine Art Books of Sacramento, California, a man known fully to have had exquisite taste in art books, to have bought from the best, and to have curated his collection with mostly only stellar condition volumes. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, glossary and bibliography. xv [3], + 128 [2] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 344878
- Title
- Rain Forest Visions: Amazonian ceramics from Ecuador--the Melza and Ted Barr Collection
- Author
- Shields, Scott A., ed
- Illustrator
- Jesse Bravo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1884038263
- ISBN 13
- 9781884038266
- Publisher
- Crocker Art Museum
- Place of Publication
- Sacramento
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall
- Keywords
- Scott A. Shields|Amazon Basin|Ceramics|Ecuador|The Melza and Ted Barr Collection|Rain forest|Sculpture|Norman E. Whitten, Jr.|Jesse Bravo|Melza M. Barr|F.T. Barr
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- 0 oz
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Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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About Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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