Decorative Art: The Studio Year Book, 1943-48
by Rathbone Holme and Kathleen M. Frost, Editors
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: The Studio Publications, 1948. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy with tope edges dyed maroon, in cream cloth with maroon lettering on the spine and front, in a Very Good mylar-protected dust wrapper with some chipping along the edges and a piece missing from the spine crown and top of back cover.128 pages plus ads and index.; xvi., Illustrated with photographs in color and monochrome of work by Richard Neutra, Paul Frankl, Dunbar, Alexander Girard, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Dorothy Liebes, William Lescaze, Herman Miller, George Nelson, Edward Durrell Stone, Russell Wright, Eva Zeisel and many others.
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- Bookseller
- modern-ISM
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013173
- Title
- Decorative Art: The Studio Year Book, 1943-48
- Author
- Rathbone Holme and Kathleen M. Frost, Editors
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-Backed Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Studio Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorative Arts;
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About modern-ISM
On-line with emphasis on architecture, art and design. Classics also included.
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