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Alberto Giacometti Drawings [SIGNED]
by Lord, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- g to fine
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Graphic society Ltd, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. g to fine. Signed James Lord on free front endpaper, facing half-title. 48/75. Folio. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, housed in matching blue cloth slipcase. Textured gray endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. A Paul Bianchini Book. Spectacular collection of 117 Giacometti drawings spanning the years from 1915-1965, reproduced in offset on Velin Cuve BFK Rives, the majority in b/w with color plates tipped-in and captions on facing pages. Includes chronology and bibliography at rear. Design by Marcus Ratcliff, assistant editor Jane Salzfass. Photo credits on colophon. Slipcase rubbed along edges with minor markings. Binding with lightly sunned spine and faint rubbing along edges. Slipcase in overall good, binding in very good, interior in fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44840
- Title
- Alberto Giacometti Drawings [SIGNED]
- Author
- Lord, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g to fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Graphic society Ltd
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- offset printing, Italian art, Italian artist, 20th century artist, sculpture, Italian sculpture
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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