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The Helga Pictures
by WYETH, Andrew (art); WILMERDING, John (text)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0810917882
- ISBN 13
- 9780810917880
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0810917882 . First edition. Pennsylvania artist Andrew Wyeth painted and drew over 240 images of neighbor Helga Testorf for 15 years, but didn't share this work with the general public until a six-city exhibition was unveiled in 1987. This work serves as a companion to those exhibitions, with 100 color plates and 160 black and whites. --- In full orange cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover & spine titling. Dust jacket with French flaps; Wyeth's "Braids" to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Excellent dust jacket with minor rubbing, else bright and undamaged.; Square Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 208 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86382
- Title
- The Helga Pictures
- Author
- WYETH, Andrew (art); WILMERDING, John (text)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0810917882
- ISBN 13
- 9780810917880
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 0810917882
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Fine
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- Quarto
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- Jacket
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