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Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. Good. 1966. Softcover. first paperback edition, 1975; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Cloth backed boards in slipcase, small quarto [8.75" x 11"], illustrated in b&w. Book has mild edgewear to boards and spine, binding tight, previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf, text has some pencil marginalia mostly to front end of block. Slipcase gently rubbed and toned.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. Fine copy in slipcase. 1966. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 482 pp. .

Wesleyan University Press, 2000T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0000 in. 1966 - Wesleyan University Press\r\nSTATED FIRST EDITION\r\nHardcover. \r\nSlipcover shows little wear.\r\nNo dust jacket.\r\nLittle cover wear.\r\nClean unmarked text.\r\nTight binding.

Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 11.5" by 9". Not Stated. A very smart first edition of this illustrated study into the stonecarving of New England, with the original slip case. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two hundred and fifty-six plates, and eight maps. Collated complete. Exploring the symbolic art of the stonecarver as applied to mortuary monuments. Considered one of the sole artforms developing in Puritan New England while it struggled with its abiding concern for things "not of this world" and the social distrust of ceremonies. Considering the in-depth meaning to aesthetic spiritual expression. Written by Allan I. Ludwig, an American art historian. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original card slip case is sound with wear to the extremities and light loss. A split to the join of the spine with card coming away. Overall good only. Internally,… Read More