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Despite Straight Lines: An Analysis of his Graphic Constructions
by ALBERS, Josef and François BUCHER
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A few small stains on covers, overslip with some tears and wear, some light rubbing of spine lettering, sheet edges lightly tone
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. A few small stains on covers, overslip with some tears and wear, some light rubbing of spine lettering, sheet edges lightly toned, generally in well-preserved condition. 4to (22.5 x 20.8 cm). 87, [1] pages. Duo-tone reproductions. Original black quarter cloth, white embossed boards, with the scarce printed overslip for the front cover. First edition, inscribed by Albers on the half-title: "Signed for Adam Lewis January 1971 / Josef Albers." Lewis is a graduate of the Yale School of Art and Architecture. With the small errata slip laid-in.
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- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 407220
- Title
- Despite Straight Lines: An Analysis of his Graphic Constructions
- Author
- ALBERS, Josef and François BUCHER
- Book Condition
- Used - A few small stains on covers, overslip with some tears and wear, some light rubbing of spine lettering, sheet edges lightly tone
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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Ardsley, New York
About Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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