The Rare Art Traditions

London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1982. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket. Hardcover book in VG++ (near fine) condition. Previous owner's sticker on pastedown.. 720 p. Audience: College/higher education; General/trade.

New York : Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 691 pages; Description: xxiii, 691 p. , [32] p. Of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Art --Collectors and collecting --History. Art and… Read more about this item

Harper & Row Publishers, January 1987. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable. Dust jaket has shelf wear and small tears in m multiple spots. Boards have some shelf wear. Previous owner name written inside cover. Multiple pages highlighted

Harper & Row Publishers, February 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. USED Good/Fair Jacket. Clean and tight with a torn (and taped) unclipped jacket.

Harper & Row Publishers, 1987-01-31. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x2. New York, green cloth covered boards; mild edge and corner wear; glossy illustrated jacket with corner and spine edge wear; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; light marginal pencil notations; 691 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of… Read more about this item

Harper & Row Publishers, 1987-02. Hardcover. Good.

Harper & Row Publishers, 1987-02-01. Hardcover. Good. 10x8x2. Interior and green cloth covers good, no underlining or highlighting, pages are tight and unmarked, no dust jacket. Tape reinforcement to the front hinge. Very readable.

Harper & Row Publishers, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. hardcover. fine/near fine. Numerous illustrations. 691 pages. Thick short 4to, green cloth, torn d.w. New York: Harper & Row/ Princeton University Press, (1982). Small red star remainder mark on bottom edges, else a fine copy in near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Bollingen Series XXXV.<br/><br/>

Princeton University Press/Harper & Row, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt lettered green cloth, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo. Bollingen Series XXXV - 27.; 2 small tears dust jacket repaired; small red stamp on bottom cut.

Harper & Row Publishers / Princeton University Press. Octavo, xxiii, 691 pages, plus the plates with 95 illustrations. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1982.

Harper & Row, 1982. Very Good. Alsop, Joseph. The Rare Art Traditions: The History of Art Collecting and Its Linked Phenomena. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1982. xxiii, 691pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Square Royal Octavo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. … Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row Publishers , 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 691 pages, indexed and illustrated. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. The jacket has been repaired with clear tape at the head of the spine, and the back suffers from… Read more about this item

Princeton University Press [Bollingen Series], 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Historical Topics: Art for Use, Art Collecting, Other Byproducts of Art, Art Collecting Revives, the Role of Cosimo, the Lesson of Lorenzo etc. There is a protective mylar cover. Larger format. [Please check for shipping cost on multi-volume sets and larger format books.]

New York & Princeton: Harper & Row / Princeton University, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Bollingen Series XXXV 27. 4to, 691 pp., b/w plates. Head of spine slightly pulled, top edge dusty, neat remainder stamp on bottom edge. Minor edgewear to jacket.

Harper & Row Publishers, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. monogram embossed to endpaper.

Harper & Row Publishers, February 1987. Hardcover. Used - very good.

New York & Princeton: Harper & Row / Princeton University, 1982. First Edition. Small quarto. Cloth. 691pp., b/w plates. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Near Fine, neat remainder star on bottom edges, in Near fine dust jacket , tiny chip to lower edge of front panel First comprehensive, serious history of art collecting ever compiled, but it… Read more about this item

Thames & Hudson, Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Paperback / softback. New. <p><b>A cultural and social history of art collecting, art history, and the art market</b><br /><br />In <i>The Rare Art Traditions</i>, Joseph Alsop offers a wide-ranging cultural and social history of art collecting, art history, and the art market. He argues that art collecting is the basic element in a remarkably complex and historically rare… Read more about this item