America On Stone; The Other Printmakers To The American People A Chronicle of American Lithography Other Than Currier & Ives, From The Beginning, Shortly Before 1820, To The Year When The Commercial Single-Stone Hand-Colored Lithography Disappeared From The American Scene
by Peters, Harry T
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- Hardcover
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- Orig. gray cloth lettered in silver and black. Near fine in nicked dust wrapper (spine darkened) in rubbed, firm slipcase.
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth lettered in silver and black. Near fine in nicked dust wrapper (spine darkened) in rubbed, firm slipcase.. 415 pages. Small folio, 33 x 22 cm. Illustrated with eighteen colored and 136 black and white plates, together with numerous other illustrations showing the work of more than 100 different craftsmen from every part of America. Index to Alphabetical List Illustrations. Bibliography. KARPEL K139. "The introduction to this monumental volume provides an excellent survey of American lithography, discussing business methods, aesthetics, and subject matter. The alphabetical list of lithographers is tremendously helpful in documenting prints.
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16046
- Title
- America On Stone; The Other Printmakers To The American People A Chronicle of American Lithography Other Than Currier & Ives, From The Beginning, Shortly Before 1820, To The Year When The Commercial Single-Stone Hand-Colored Lithography Disappeared From The American Scene
- Author
- Peters, Harry T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. gray cloth lettered in silver and black. Near fine in nicked dust wrapper (spine darkened) in rubbed, firm slipcase.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Prints
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Art; Americana; Prints;
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