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Masterpieces of Modern Art
by Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1965
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$58.36
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New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1965. 75 pages, illustrations (some colour), facsimiles; 28 cm. Edition of 10,000 copies. Catalogue of Exhibition 65/3, April to September, 1965. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. "Published on the occasion of the first showing of the 19th and 20th century masterpieces arranged by courtesy of the Thannhauser Foundation." "Works added to the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$58.36
Splendors of Meiji: Treasures of Imperial Japan: Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection
by Earle, Joe
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781874780137
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$117.57
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St. Petersburg, FL: Broughton International Publications, 1999. Cloth, 384 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This volume presents works from the Khalili Collection that were part of a major U.S. exhibition in 1999. It marks the first… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$117.57
The Other Side of Color: African American Art in the Collection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr.
by Driskell, David C.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780764914553
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$169.17
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San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2001. Cloth, xxi, 213 pages, colour illustrations; 34 cm. With introductions by Camille O. Cosby and William H. Cosby, Jr.; biographies by Rene Hanks. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. A beautiful, large-format book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Comedian Bill Cosby assembled an extraordinary… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$169.17
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
by Thompson, Donald N.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fine
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780230610224
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$75.28
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New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 268 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock's drip painting No. 5, 1948… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$75.28
The Menil Collection: A Selection from the Paleolithic to the Modern Era
by The Menil Collection
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780810914407
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$134.49
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1997. Cloth, 324 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. First published 1987. Newly Updated Edition 1997. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Art collections of Dominique and John de Menil. Texas oil money buys a whole… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$134.49
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art
by Hoffman, Carl
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Published
- 2014
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780062116154
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$41.45
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New York: William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014. x, 322 pages, illustrations, map; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fascinating book that describes how Michael Rockefeller, in his quest for "primitive art," was killed--and eaten by cannibalistic headhunters in New Guinea. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Item Price
NZ$41.45
Oppenheimer Collection: Gifts of Marti and Tony Oppenheimer and the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation (OBF)
by Marshall, Terri, and Curry, Tim (Edited by)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780971298521
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$32.99
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Overland Park, KS: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007. Cloth, 172 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible. Item Price
NZ$32.99
Guggenheim Museum Thannhauser Collection
by Barnett, Vivian Endicott, and Licht, Fred, and Tucker, Paul Hayes (Essays by); Barnett, Vivian Endicott (Catalogue Entries by), and Krens, Thomas (Foreword by)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780892070749
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$66.82
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New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Rizzoli, 1992. Cloth, 191 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Picasso, van Gogh, and Gauguin are just three of the artists whose extraordinary works comprise the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$66.82
Personal Views: Regarding Private Collections in San Diego
by Cartwright, Derrick R. (Introduction by), and Brown, Bill (Essay by)
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2006
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780937108390
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$41.45
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San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art, 2006. 84 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible. Item Price
NZ$41.45
American Masters from Bingham to Eakins: The John Wilmerding Collection
by Kelly, Franklin, with Anderson, Nancy K., et al. (Contributions by)
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2004
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780894683220
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$66.82
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Washington D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 2004. viii, 166 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 9 May to 10 October 2004. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "John Wilmerding was curator of American art and senior curtor 1977-1983 and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$66.82
Mellon: An American Life
by Cannadine, David
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679450320
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$41.45
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2006. Cloth, xvi, 779 pages, [48] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "A landmark work from one of the preeminent historians of our… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$41.45
Andrew Carnegie
by Nasaw, David
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781594201042
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$49.91
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New York: Penguin Books, 2006. xiv, 878 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Majestically told and based on materials not available to any previous biographer, the definitive life of Andrew Carnegie-one of American business's most iconic and elusive titans-by… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$49.91
Prints and the Print Market: A Handbook for Buyers, Collectors, and Connoisseurs
by Donson, Theodore B.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780690011609
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$49.91
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. Cloth, xii, 493 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with a sunned spine (bold & legible titles), protected in a mylar cover. Excellent reference material. CONTENTS: Of autographic prints, afters, and reproductive prints; Signatures on prints; Rarity and the limited edition; Spurious prints: fakes, forgeries, and falsified proofs; Connoisseurship: detection… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$49.91
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection
by Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780974090818
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$100.66
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Los Angeles: Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection, 2007. Cloth, xxviii, 270 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Billie Milam Weisman; Preface, by Richard Koshalek; Frederick R. Weisman Biography; A Tour of the Estate; ENTRY HALL: Constantine Brancusi; Paul Cezanne; Arshile Gorky;… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$100.66
A Spirited Vision: Highlights of the Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
by Marzio, Peter C. (Introduction by)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2004
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780890901267
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$169.17
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Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2004. Cloth, 80 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22 to April 25, 2004. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. . 1st. Hardcover.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$169.17
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
by Stiles, T. J.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2009
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375415425
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$83.74
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2009. xii, 719 pages, [36] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2009; Winner of Pulitzer… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$83.74
The Rogers Collection: A Unique Collection of Superbly Worked Miniature Needlework Carpets made by The Late Mrs. D. J. Rogers in the Oriental Style together with a Selection of Furniture and Effects from the Rogers Doll House Collection
by Thompson, Jon (Introduction by)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1985
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$92.20
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London: Spink & Son Ltd., 1985. 28 pages, illustrations (some colour), portrait; 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
NZ$92.20
Seven Master Printmakers: Innovations in the Eighties: From the Lilja Collection
by Castleman, Riva (Curated by)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1991
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780870701900
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- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$66.82
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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1991. 119 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 x 27 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 16 to August 13, 1991. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Includes: Jim Dine; David Hockney;… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$66.82
The Art of San Simeon: Introduction to the Collection
by Everingham, Carol J.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1981
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780960699605
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$16.07
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Santa Barbara, CA: Carol J. Everingham, 1981. [60] pages, colour illustrations; 20 cm. Photography by Peter D'Aprix. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Stated First Printing. Artworks from William Randolph Heart's eclectic collection. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong. Item Price
NZ$16.07
Centennial Loan Exhibition: Drawings & Watercolors from Alumnae and Their Families
by Mayor, A. Hyatt, and Saarinen, Aline B., and Kuh, Katherine (Texts by)
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1961
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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NZ$16.07
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Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 1961. xxiv, 151 pages, plates; 23 cm. Exhibition held at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 19 to June 11, 1961 and Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, June 14 to September 9, 1961. Moth-eaten wraps. Previous owners' names/flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo. Item Price
NZ$16.07