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Magician of the Modern: Chick Austin and the Transformation of the Arts in America
by GADDIS, Eugene R
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394587774
- ISBN 13
- 9780394587776
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 2000. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Color and black & white illustrations. 494 pages. Thick 8vo, black cloth-backed gray boards with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2000). First edition. Previous ownership inked at front endpaper, boards lightly toned at edges. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>
Synopsis
Eugene R. Gaddis is the William G. DeLana Archivist and Curator of the Austin House at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. He is the editor and co-author of Avery Memorial: The First Modern Museum and lectures frequently on American cultural history. A graduate of Amherst College, he holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 318345
- Title
- Magician of the Modern: Chick Austin and the Transformation of the Arts in America
- Author
- GADDIS, Eugene R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0394587774
- ISBN 13
- 9780394587776
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Chick Austin
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
About Argosy Book Store
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
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