Currier & Ives America by Simkin, Colin - 1952-01-01

HARDBACK, LANDSCAPE, LARGE FORMAT, "UNCOMMON OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1952* Publisher: Bonanza Books.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound, light grey-blue textured cloth, gilt title to black leatherette spine strip. No bumps, considerable rubs to edges and to head and tail of spine, no marks. GD* Jacket condition: Original dust wrapper now in protective clear wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Back strip & front cover chipped and torn mostly at top edge & front flap fold. Slight losses to top edge and head of spine. Good for age.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: 80 full colour prints from the lithographs throughout.* Pages: un-paginated. Index at front.* Description: A Panorama of the Mid-Nineteenth Century American Scene with eighty choice reproduction prints in full colour and an extended commentary on the prints and the times which they portray, edited by Colin Simkin & sponsored by The Print Council of America. This volume, by the author of The Book of Fine Prints and long-time curator of prints at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is a guide for both beginner and the experienced collector. With information on the making of a print, the recognition of an original print, the sources of prints, how to evaluate them and when and where to obtain sound advice this is a valuable and important guide to the America prints market. Christa M. Gachde has contributed a section on the care, restoration and framing of prints.* VG+ contents with NO MAJOR FAULTS reduced by dust jacket & cover wear to GD.*