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Old Man Goya by Blackburn, Julia
- Bookseller: Cindy Bertsch - Bookseller
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 011454
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: Stated First American Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0375406115
- ISBN 13: 9780375406119
- Publisher: Pantheon Books
- Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published: 2002
- Pages: 239
- Size: 6.25 x 8.75 x 1 inches
- Weight: 1.05 pounds
Description
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2002. Jacket shows slight edge/shelf wear, original price intact, internals clean and tight. Illustrated in b&w. An unparalled portrait of the artist Francisco de Goya.. Stated First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Book summary
Julia Blackburn writes about Goya's later years, and in the process reveals plenty of information about her own life, particularly her searches in Spain and France for the places the artist lived.
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