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John La Farge
by La Farge, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0896596788
- ISBN 13
- 9780896596788
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., and New York: The Carnegie Museum of Art; National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution; Abbeville Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 280pp. Quarto [31 cm] Dark blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Near fine condition. In a very good dust jacket, with light rubbing and scratching to the surface. Essays by Henry Adams, Kathleen A. Foster, Henry A. La Farge, H. Barbara Weinberg, Linnea H. Wren, and James L. Yarnall. John La Farge was not only a painter of still lifes and landscapes in watercolor and oil, but he created extraordinary decorative schemes and revolutionary stained glass art for some of the country's most impressive churches and mansions as well.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40113
- Title
- John La Farge
- Author
- La Farge, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0896596788
- ISBN 13
- 9780896596788
- Publisher
- The Carnegie Museum of Art; National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution; Abbeville Press
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., and New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- stained glass; glass; John La Farge
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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