Facing The Light - Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes An Exhibition At The National Portrait Gallery, September 22, 1978 - January 15, 1979
by Pfister, Harold Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. This is a heavy item and may incur extra shipping charges for international orders. Please check; thanks.; Illustrated pale yellow d/jkt, unclipped; a little worn and marked; small losses at head and tail of spine. Dk grey boards, clean. B/w photos. An utterly compelling collection of historical American figures - many early Presidents, such as Jackson, Polk, Taylor, Pierce, van Buren; politicians such as Daniel Webster, John Calhoun and Jefferson Davis; soldiers like Winfield Scott; writers and poets like Emily Dickinson, Samuel Clemens; and many more persons of contemporary and historial note - quite wonderful! ; 4to (9" x 11"); 378 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12943
- Title
- Facing The Light - Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes An Exhibition At The National Portrait Gallery, September 22, 1978 - January 15, 1979
- Author
- Pfister, Harold Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- photography, american history
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About the Seller
Walden Books
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London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Tail
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- Good+
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