A Short History of Engraving and Etching: For the Use of Collectors and Students, with Full Bibliography, Classified List and Index of Engravers
by Hind, Arthur M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, especially at corners, spine, and outer joints.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, especially at corners, spine, . and outer joints.. 1911. Hardcover. Three-quarter leather with blue cloth sides and matching endpapers. Five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering stamped in two compartments. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece photogravure of Albrecht Durer engraving and 110 other illustrations throughout text. xviii, 473pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39623
- Title
- A Short History of Engraving and Etching: For the Use of Collectors and Students, with Full Bibliography, Classified List and Index of Engravers
- Author
- Hind, Arthur M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, especially at corners, spine, and outer joints.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Etching, Engraving
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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