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(Exhibition catalog): Facing History: The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940
by McELROY, Guy C
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0938491385
- ISBN 13
- 9780938491385
- Seller
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About This Item
(San Francisco, California): Bedford Arts, Publishers in association with The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. First simultaneous paperback edition. Quarto wrappers. l, 140pp. Essay by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and contributions by Janet Levine, Francis Martin, Jr., and Claudia Vess. Edited by Christopher C. French. spine and edges lightly sunned, near fine. Exhibition catalogue for January 13 through March 25, 1990 and April 20 through June 25, 1990.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 443187
- Title
- (Exhibition catalog): Facing History: The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940
- Author
- McELROY, Guy C
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0938491385
- ISBN 13
- 9780938491385
- Publisher
- Bedford Arts, Publishers in association with The Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Place of Publication
- (San Francisco, California)
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- African-Americana, Art/Illustration
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-Americana;
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- Sunned
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