CATSKILL CRAFTS: Artisans of the Catskill Mountains.
by Smiley, Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.)/like
- ISBN 10
- 0517567008
- ISBN 13
- 9780517567005
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Crown,, (1988.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.). First printing. Her first work of non-fiction, preceding her Pulitzer prize winning novel "A Thousand Acres" - "An affectionate, intimate group portrait -- illustrated with nearly fifty photographs -- of fifteen craftsmen and -women and the Catskill Mountains towns where their arts are flourishing." Included among the artisans are a quilter, a Haitian potter, a flytier, a weaver, a glass maker and others. Illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white photographs, as well as 8 pages in color SIGNED by Smiley on the title page. 174 pp. Decorative endpapers, slightly oversized.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41914
- Title
- CATSKILL CRAFTS: Artisans of the Catskill Mountains.
- Author
- Smiley, Jane
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.)
- Jacket Condition
- like
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517567008
- ISBN 13
- 9780517567005
- Publisher
- Crown,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1988.)
- Keywords
- weaving, glass-making, fly-tieing, papercutting, new york, delaware county,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art and Photography;
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