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From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky
by Spender, Matthew
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375403787
- ISBN 13
- 9780375403781
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xxiii (i), 417 (3) pp, illus. First Edition, 1999. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9.5". Maroon half-cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9461
- Title
- From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky
- Author
- Spender, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375403787
- ISBN 13
- 9780375403781
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY - abstract expressionist milieu - New York painters - Armenian BIOGRAPHY 1920's 1930's AND CRITICISM Arshile Gorky ( AR-sheel GOR-kee; born Vostanik Manoug Adoian, ; April 15, 1904 - July 21, 1948)
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- ART HISTORY;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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