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The Clark: Selections from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
by Conforti, Michael; Kern, Steven; et. Al
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0931102359
- ISBN 13
- 9780931102356
- Seller
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Houston, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Hudson Hills Press, Inc. New York, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. 184 pages. Softcover catalogue, beautifully illustrated in color. Crisp and tight binding with uncreased spine and clean interior save for a presentation inscription from Michael Conforti, Director of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, to Audrey Jones Beck, the prominent Houston collector of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, urging her to visit. Audrey Beck's bookplate is also affixed to the inside front cover. A nice association copy between a formidable art institution and an equally formidable art collector..
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- Bookseller
- Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012725
- Title
- The Clark: Selections from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
- Author
- Conforti, Michael; Kern, Steven; et. Al
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0931102359
- ISBN 13
- 9780931102356
- Publisher
- Hudson Hills Press, Inc. New York
- Place of Publication
- Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1996
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art: Collections;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Crisp
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Association Copy
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- New
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