Victor Hammer: artist and craftsman
by Rothenstein, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston: David S. Godine, 1978. First edition limited to 500 copies (this, no. 423) designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy; 4to, pp. 57, [3], [30]; 26 color plates; sienna cloth, spine stamped in black; matching sienna cloth slipcase; fine. An appraisal of the private commissions and ecclesiastical works of the cosmopolitan artist/craftsman, as well as biographical information. Laid in is a short typed note, signed, from Carolyn Hammer to Greg Campbell thanking him for the order and asking if he could rebind two books. Together with: Hammer, Carolyn. Victor Hammer: artist and printer, Lexington: Anvil Press, 1981. Edition limited to 550 press-numbered copies (this, no. 491), small folio, pp. [14], 5-213, [3]; illustrated throughout; original sienna cloth, publisher's slipcase; fine. Together with: Hammer, Victor. Victor Hammer: an artist's testament. With a foreword by Carolyn R. Hammer, 1988. Lexington: Anvil Press, 1988. Edition limited to 200 copies designed by Martino Mardersteig, small folio, pp. 304, [4]; portrait of Hammer tipped in, original sienna cloth, publisher's slipcase; fine.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50314
- Title
- Victor Hammer: artist and craftsman
- Author
- Rothenstein, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David S. Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1978
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