The Bride and the Bachelors: The Heretical Courtship in Modern Art
by Calvin Tomkins
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Plus/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965. hardcover in dust jacket. black cloth with gilt lettering and top edge dyed red., above the first edition statement on the copyright page, is a neat black bar obscuring a line of text. this is often encountered in UK books of this apprx. period. the dj is price-clipped. there is minor wear to dj at spine's top edge. no other flaws or wear. clean. no other markings. no bumps. strong binding. no fading of dj color.; this copy is signed by calvin tomkins without other inscription on the front free endpaper.; 246pp., 8pp. b/w illustrations. the author wrote for the new yorker magazine, where these profiles first appeared.. Signed by Author. First Edition U.K./First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- art longwood books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23437
- Title
- The Bride and the Bachelors: The Heretical Courtship in Modern Art
- Author
- Calvin Tomkins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition U.K./First Printing
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Calvin Tomkins.; Marcel Duchamp.; John Cage.; Robert Rauschenberg.; Jean Tinguely.; Twentieth Century Art.; Post-War Art.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art History, General;
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