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The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum
by Norman, Geraldine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0224043129
- ISBN 13
- 9780224043120
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Fromm International Publishing Corporation, 1998 0224043129. Hardback. Stated first edition. xiv + 386 pages including index. Many illustrations in colour and black and white. Fine condition in Fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. First Printing as identified with "1" in the full number line, perfect dustcovers, perfect interior condition, tight binding, no remainder marks. The first full history of this great museum highlights the human adventures involved in the creation and preservation of one of the finest art collections in the world. This is a heavy book which may involve extra postage charge. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1692
- Title
- The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum
- Author
- Norman, Geraldine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224043129
- ISBN 13
- 9780224043120
- Publisher
- New York: Fromm International Publishing Corporation, 1998 0224043129
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Hermitage St. Petersburg Leningrad Museums Art Tsars History Bolsheviks Russian Revolution Communism Stalin Gaugin Matisse
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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