Click for full-size.
The Cities, the Towns, the Crowds: The Paintings of Robert Spencer
by Brian H Peterson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 081223829X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812238297
- Seller
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First hardcover edition, published by University of Pennsylvania Press in association with the James Michener Museum of Bucks County PA. This book tells the story of Spencer's colorful, yet tragic life, using as sources the written recollections of his two daughters, correspondence between Spencer and Duncan Phillips, as well as extensive research. Lavishly illustrated with 110 color illustrations from major museums and private collections. The artist's work is examined in depth, from his early days to his mature work in New York City and Europe. A large format hardcover with dust jacket. 160 pages, 9-1/2" X 12", plum colored cloth covered hard cover. This copy shows little if any wear. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. There are no ownership marks, no writing, no highlighting, no marks on the text or dust jacket. Edges of the text block are clean This is not a remainder copy, not a library copy. This book will be mailed out in a sturdy box. Like all of our listings, the photos attached are of the copy we have in our inventory, not stock photos.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NF-530
- Title
- The Cities, the Towns, the Crowds: The Paintings of Robert Spencer
- Author
- Brian H Peterson
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 081223829X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812238297
- Publisher
- University Of Pennsylvania Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- impressionism pennsylvania bucks county james michener
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Hopkins Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
For international shipments, we might sometimes have to adjust our shipping cost after your order arrives, if we determine that the weight of the book will cause the cost to be significantly more than the standard shipping rate for your country.
About the Seller
Hopkins Books
Biblio member since 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was born out of WWII, and it still continues to exert considerable influence on today’s literary scene. Biblio sellers have a fantastic collection of Beat Generation books and ephemera for browsing.
How to identify a rare book
There are several important points to keep in mind when trying to determine if a book can be considered "rare". Read here to learn more.Learn how to determine if a book is rare
