NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT AMERICANS
by Duyckinck, E. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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PORTLAND, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Chappel, Alonzo. (Chappel, Alonzo)illus. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT AMERICANS by E. A. Duyckinck. Johnson, Fry & Co., NY, 1862. 2 vols., 4to., 3/4 brown morocco over brick-red pebbled cloth, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 119 steel engraved plates after paintings by Chappel. A superb set, unusually fresh inside and out.
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- Bookseller
- Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8128
- Title
- NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT AMERICANS
- Author
- Duyckinck, E. A
- Illustrator
- Chappel, Alonzo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2008
PORTLAND, Maine
About Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts
A FINE THING is a bookstore and art gallery in Portland Maine, specializing in fine prints by American and European artists, art reference books, photography books, and children's books. We have a website at www.edpollackfinearts.com
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...