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Hip! Hip! Hip! R. A.: An Unofficial Book for the Royal Academy's Bicentenary 10th of December 1968
by Wraight, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Leslie Frewin, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. introduction by compiler and acknowledgements. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine along with some rubbing. Shelfwear to the lower book edges and dust marks to the top paper edge. Browning of the paper edges has also occurred. Browning and handling marks to the end papers and browning of the internal pages. Plain text dust wrapper, with ornate frame on the front panel with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Rubbing and chipping to the dust wrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. The dustwrapper is rubbed, quite yellow and very grubby. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. To celebrate 200 years of the Royal Academy of arts in London the author compiled the most vitriolic, horrendous scandals, bitchy correspondence that has been slung at the Academy in that time. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 222 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; letters; Britain/UK; History. Inventory No: 0104136. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104136
- Title
- Hip! Hip! Hip! R. A.: An Unofficial Book for the Royal Academy's Bicentenary 10th of December 1968
- Author
- Wraight, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Leslie Frewin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Royal Academy -- England -- Bicentenary -- Critique -- Criticisms Art & Design; letters; Britain/UK; History. Unbranded Wraight, Robert Hip! Hip! Hip! R. A.: An Unofficial Book for the Royal Academy's Bicentenary 10th of December 1968
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