Figures of Dead Men
by Baskin, Leonard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Preface by Archibald Macleish. Photographs by Hyman Edelstein. Limited to 200 copies, signed by Baskin on the limitation page and with a laid-in original woodcut signed by Baskin. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, some rubbing to the paper at the joints. Quarter grey cloth, some faint staining, with paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A work of photographs documenting the collection of Baskin's "Dead Men" sculptures from the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9476
- Title
- Figures of Dead Men
- Author
- Baskin, Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Art, Sculpture, Statue, Woodcut, 20th Century, Death, Dying, Mortality, Modern Art
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Laid-in
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- Fine
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