A Description of Edwin Austin Abbey's Quest of the Holy Grail
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Association Publications, 1936 Book. Illus. by Abbey. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Scrape and tear to top of back cover. Interior clean and undamaged. This book describes a monumental task - the planning and painting of a frieze for the Delivery Room of the Boston Public Library in 1895 and 1901. Eight feet high and 194 feet in length, the work contains about 150 life-size figures. Fifteen color plates and details in black and white. How much ? $15,000..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012725
- Title
- A Description of Edwin Austin Abbey's Quest of the Holy Grail
- Illustrator
- Abbey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Association Publications
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NOISBN Art.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...