How Prints Look

by Ivins, William M

William M. Ivins Jr. was the curator of prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1916 to 1946.Marjorie B. Cohn is the Phlip and Lynn Straus Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and head conservator at the Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums. 

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How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commentary

by Ivins, William M.

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1943
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NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue boards with label to spine. Extremities slightly sunned, top edge spotted/foxed. Tight and square. With glassine DJ that is sunned and lightly chipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 164 pages .
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How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commenary

by Ivins, William M

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1967
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Boston: Beacon Press, 1967. TPB. G. G TRADE-PAPERBACK. FRONT COVER HAS CREASE, AND QUITE A BIT OF PENCIL UNDERLINING AND MARGIN NOTES
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How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commentary

How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commentary

by Ivins, William M.

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1958
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Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1958. 164 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. BP 57. Good+. Faint highlighting, barely visible. Browning.. Paperback. Fair. 8vo.
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How Prints Look

How Prints Look

by William M. Ivins

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1958
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Beacon Press, 1958. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commentary

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1964
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U. S. A.: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1964. Later Edition. Trade Paperback. 0807066958 Generously illustrated throughout. Pages are clean and tight. Bookstore's stamped address appears on the inside of the rear cover. .
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How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commentary

by Ivins, William M.

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1987
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Beacon Press. Fair. 1987. Paperback. 8 oz.; 164 pages; PB aged lightly musty o/w very good condition. This unique book is the classic introduction to appearances of various types of prints and the techniques involved in producing them. Combining a rich selection of illustrations with explanatory commentary, the revised edition also includes a new introduction, additional… Read more about this item
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How Prints Look

by Ivins, William M.

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1958
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Beacon Press, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Phoos. Ivins covers his subject front to back, top to bottom. Copy shows some soiling and wear.
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by Ivins, William M.

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1987
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Beacon Press, 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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by Ivins, William M.

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1969
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Boston: Beacon Press, 1969. null Book Good null Woodblock prints, tools, engravings. Many examples and magnifications to illustrate how prints were made and reproduced. Small signature of prev owner top rt flyleaf.. Paper. 3. Book.
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How Prints Look: Photography With A Commentary

by Ivins, William M

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Beacon Press, Boston, 1992 (facsimile of first published 1943) . 20.0 x 13.5cms, 164pp, b/w illusts, very good+ paperback & cover This book introduces to the appearances of prints. The illustrations nearly all reproduce enlarged details of prints to show how the processes & the qualities of line and surfaces lie below the threshold of unpracticed vision.
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