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The Telling Line: Essays in Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators
by Martin, Douglas
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385300484
- ISBN 13
- 9780385300483
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First US Edition. First Published in Great Britain, 1989. Hardcover Quarto Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Delightfully illustrated in full color and black and white with many example of each illustrator's works. Gray cloth with silver titles to spine is quite clean and unmarked with lower edge and spine head and heel rubbed. Sewn binding is tight, solid and square. Internlas are As New. White jacket with red and blue lettering is protected in archival cover and is Near Fine. A special feature is the complete chronological bibliography included for each artist, so one can see the progress of an individual career. 320 pages with General Bibliography and Index. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. 1990, Delacorte Press, New York
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025200
- Title
- The Telling Line: Essays in Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators
- Author
- Martin, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0385300484
- ISBN 13
- 9780385300483
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATORS BOOKS
- X weight
- 0 oz
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