A Guide to the Collecting and Care of Original Prints
by ZIGROSSER, Carl; GAEHDE, Christa M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Stated fourth printing. Art prints, or printed works of art, are described in detail here. With definitions, descriptions of printmaking, tips on collecting, comparison of originals and reproductions, glossary of terms. A separate chapter, by Christa M. Gaehde, provides detail about Care and Conservation of Fine Prints, with some illustrations. Publication of this work sponsored by The Print Council of America. --- In full beige cloth-covered boards with spine titling in red; red topstain. Simple tan dust jacket with titling in red and black. --- An excellent copy: bright and lacking damages worthy of mention. Intact, unclipped dust jacket with some sunning and slight soiling.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; vi, 120 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84106
- Title
- A Guide to the Collecting and Care of Original Prints
- Author
- ZIGROSSER, Carl; GAEHDE, Christa M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
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Littleton, Colorado
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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