The Schiwetz Legacy: An Artist's Tribute to Texas, 1910-1971.
by SCHIWETZ, E.M. "Buck
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1972). First edition, One of 300 numbered and specially bound copies, signed by the artist ('Buck Schiwetz"). Oblong quarto. 144 pp. with numerous full page plates after Schiwetz. Publisher's full red leather, gilt spine lettering, gilt cover decoration of a ranch house, ochre endpapers, slipcase. A very good copy.Laid in are two programs for 'The Year of the Buck. Tribute to a Texas Artist; Honoring E.M. 'Buck' Schiwetz'. One of them is the auction catalog and the other is a general information piece.
Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70650
- Title
- The Schiwetz Legacy: An Artist's Tribute to Texas, 1910-1971.
- Author
- SCHIWETZ, E.M. "Buck
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin
- Date Published
- (1972)
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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