American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Gallery (2 vols.)
by Buhler, Kathryn C. & Graham Hood
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (wear to cloth boards; may have rubbing & bumping to corners. slipcase scuffed)
- ISBN 10
- 0300011814
- ISBN 13
- 9780300011814
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1970. Hardcover. VG (wear to cloth boards; may have rubbing & bumping to corners. slipcase scuffed). 2 vols. Cream cloth with black title blocks on spines, and in black board slipcase with cream title block on spine. 644 pp. Hundreds of bw plates. A terrific two-volume set outlining these representative examples of American silver. A two-page introduction on the history of the collection by Graham Hood precedes sections covering pieces from the following states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, and California. Also includes an extensive section of reproductions of marks, as well as a section on unknown makers and European silver used in America. Nice!
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13696
- Title
- American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Gallery (2 vols.)
- Author
- Buhler, Kathryn C. & Graham Hood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (wear to cloth boards; may have rubbing & bumping to corners. slipcase scuffed)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300011814
- ISBN 13
- 9780300011814
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- american ; American Silver ; ;
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