Click for full-size.
AMERICAN MINIATURES 1730 -- 1850: One Hundred and Seventy-Three Portraits Selected with a Descriptive Account by Harry B. Wehle & A Biographical Dictionary of the Artists by Theodore Bolton.
by Wehle, Harry B; Bolton, Theodore
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927., 1927.. Good. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], blue boards backed with black cloth with a printed label on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The binding is bumped & rubbed. The head of the spine is frayed with a small piece out. The boards are unevenly darkened & lightly soiled with their edges chipped. xxv, [1] leaf & 127 pages. Illustrated with a color frontispiece & 48 black-and-white plates. There is a previous owner's name & address on the front endpaper. The fore-edge is slightly soiled. Good.
First edition.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95314
- Title
- AMERICAN MINIATURES 1730 -- 1850: One Hundred and Seventy-Three Portraits Selected with a Descriptive Account by Harry B. Wehle & A Biographical Dictionary of the Artists by Theodore Bolton.
- Author
- Wehle, Harry B; Bolton, Theodore
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927.
- Date Published
- 1927.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ART; AMERICAN MINIATURES 1730 -- 1850; 173 PORTRAITS; WATERCOLORS ON IVORY; HARRY B. WEHLE; BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS; THEODORE BOLTON; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Signed Books
Why settle for an ordinary copy of your favorite book when you could have an autographed copy? Find signed books here.
Collecting Banned & Challenged Books
Build a revolutionary library of literature that has been challenged or even outright banned. You’ll be surprised by some of the titles in this gallery!
