Art of Sculpture, The: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts for 1954
by Read, Herbert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, NJ: Bollingen Foundation, 1961. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 152 pages plus plates. B/w illustrations throughout plus additional illustrations of sculpture pasted into the book by the previous owner. Cover boards bound in green cloth, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine and gilt design on front cover board. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of agewear, wrapped in protective clear plastic brodart. Binding tight. Spine straight. Top edge dyed. In very good condition."This is the Third Volume of the A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, Which are Delivered Annually at the National Gallery of Art, Washington,. The Volumes of Lectures Constitute Number XXXC in Bollingen Series." Record # 32238
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32238
- Title
- Art of Sculpture, The: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts for 1954
- Author
- Read, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Publisher
- Bollingen Foundation
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Art, Lectures, 2nd edition, , .
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Monroe Street Books
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Middlebury, Vermont
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- Brodart
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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