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The Art of Natural History: Animal Illustrators and Their Work
by Dance, S. Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0879510773
- ISBN 13
- 9780879510770
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1978. First U.S. Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Lavishly illustrated, full-color, oversized celebration of the artists who have made the natural world & its creatures come alive. Orig. published in London, this is the First US Edition from the Overlook Press of Woodstock, NY, in 224 pages with 230 black-and-white pictures + 65 full-color plates. Huge (13.5" x 10" x 1.5") hardcover book has brown cloth-covered boards with bright gilt lettering & design to spine. Condition is Near Fine, AS NEW but downgraded due to splitting of ffep from its webbing next to half-title page. Else, completely clean, pages white, illustrations vivid: no fading, foxing, or edgewear. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is equally flawless: bright & colorful with just a hint of edgewear; beautifully protected in new clearl mylar cover Free!Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra (at least double) shipping costs per ever-increasing USPS rates.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019772
- Title
- The Art of Natural History: Animal Illustrators and Their Work
- Author
- Dance, S. Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0879510773
- ISBN 13
- 9780879510770
- Publisher
- Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- Woodstock, New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- ANIMALS WILDLIFE NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ART ARTISTS ILLUSTRATORS ILLUSTRATION DRAWING NATURAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature/Gardening/Environmentalism; Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Art-Artists;
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