Fine and Decorative Art Collections of Britain and Ireland
by Chapel, Jeannie; Gere, Charlotte [editors]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297787268
- ISBN 13
- 9780297787266
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Londion: Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1985. Hardcover large format quarto bound in brown cloth and publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 360 pages. Indices include: Alphabetical List of Museums; Index of Special Collections; Index of Architects. Introduction by Sir John Summerson. Illustrated with more than 450 color and monochrome photographs. First British edition. A comprehensive survey of 400 public museums and art galleries presenting both fine and decorative arts. No previous ownership marks. Rear dust-jacket panel shows small thumbnail size chip on lower edge near gutter. Book is clean, square, and unmarked. Fine in a very good dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage.. Fine Binding. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013968
- Title
- Fine and Decorative Art Collections of Britain and Ireland
- Author
- Chapel, Jeannie; Gere, Charlotte [editors]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Fine Binding
- ISBN 10
- 0297787268
- ISBN 13
- 9780297787266
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- Londion
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Museums, Fine and Decorative Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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- Fine
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- Fine Binding
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- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.