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Japanese Lacquer, 1600 - 1900: Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection
by Pekarik, Andrew J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0870992473
- ISBN 13
- 9780870992476
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9" X 11 1/4. Director's Foreword by Phillippe de Montebello, Director - The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Preface. Book is the catalogue from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection, shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art September 4 - October 19, 1980. 119 pp. plus: Notes, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Catalogue of the Exhibition, Glossary of Technical Terms, Bibliography, Index. 144 pp. in toto. Black cloth covered boards have as new gilt on spine only, red ep's, lavishly illustrated. fo bookplate ffep, ow book is as new. Unclipped, unpriced DJ has 2 small chips at bottom edge of front panel. Bookseller's Inventory # 185148.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005148
- Title
- Japanese Lacquer, 1600 - 1900: Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection
- Author
- Pekarik, Andrew J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0870992473
- ISBN 13
- 9780870992476
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 9" X 11 1/4
- Keywords
- LACQUER AND LACQUERING - JAPAN - EXHIBITIONS. GREENFIELD, CHARLES A. - ART COLLECTIONS - EXHIBITIONS. NEW YORK 9CITY) METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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