WEATHER VANES - THE HISTORY, DESIGN, AND MANUFACTURE OF AN AMERICAN FOLK ART
by Klamkin, Charles
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- Hardcover
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1973. 209 pages. Frontispiece and title page illustrated with examples of weather vanes. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs, prints, drawings, plans throughout. Pages clean, good condition. Previous owner's name top of ffep. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges and corners lighly worn. Blue dust jacket illustrated in color. Top edges, head/tail of spine worn with small tears. VG+/GOOD. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
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- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029939
- Title
- WEATHER VANES - THE HISTORY, DESIGN, AND MANUFACTURE OF AN AMERICAN FOLK ART
- Author
- Klamkin, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Hawthorn Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- folk Art, American Folk Art, Weather Vanes, Rooftop Ornaments,
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