American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History
by Belknap, Waldron Phoenix Jr
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Cambridge, USA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1959. Red bds with bright Gilt titles (fresh and unworn, very sl smudge top front spine edge) Green mottled art paper eps, pp xxi 377 with numerous b/w plates of american portraiture, plus other illus through text. Bright and clean, tight and not inscribed. Overweight. First Edition. Buckram. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10654
- Title
- American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History
- Author
- Belknap, Waldron Phoenix Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, USA
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- PORTRAIT PAINTERS PAINTING ART BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Design;
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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