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The Second Picture Book
by Martin, Mary Steichen & Edward Steichen
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Rose colored cloth boards with light toning on spine, covers are moderately dust soiled, with light wear at tips of corners, tit
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931. First edition. Illustrated with 24 full-page photographs (printed, on rectos only, in photogravure) by Edward Steichen. [56] pp. Square 8vo. Rose colored cloth boards with light toning on spine, covers are moderately dust soiled, with light wear at tips of corners, title page has faint pencil mark, with half-inch chip to very tip of one corner (with early mend on verso), else a very good copy with the photographs quite fresh and bright. First edition. Illustrated with 24 full-page photographs (printed, on rectos only, in photogravure) by Edward Steichen. [56] pp. Square 8vo.
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 333571
- Title
- The Second Picture Book
- Author
- Martin, Mary Steichen & Edward Steichen
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated with 24 full-page photographs (printed, on rectos only, in photogravure) by Edward Steichen. [56] pp. Square 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Rose colored cloth boards with light toning on spine, covers are moderately dust soiled, with light wear at tips of corners, tit
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Photography | Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Literature;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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