AMERICAN FOLK ART IN WOOD, METAL AND STONE
by Lipman, Jean
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very good in mylar cover.
- Seller
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1948. Lipman's groundbreaking work and one the first books to treat American folk art in a scholarly manner. Original orange cloth covered boards. Text with 183 illustrations including four TIPPED-IN color plates. Chapters on ship figureheads and ornaments, weathervanes, cigar store figures and trade signs, circus and carousel carvings, toys, decoys, sculpture for house and garden, and portraits. Includes a bibliography. The very good dustjacket is price-intact with some light chipping head and tail of spine, now in a new protective mylar cover. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very good in mylar cover.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11702
- Title
- AMERICAN FOLK ART IN WOOD, METAL AND STONE
- Author
- Lipman, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good in mylar cover.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Folk Art
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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About the Seller
RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
Biblio member since 2017
CARLSBAD , California
About RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Chipping
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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