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A History of American Marine Painting
by John Wilmerding
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Peabody Museum, Salem, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. WILMERDING, JOHN. A History of American Marine Painting, Salem: Peabody Museum, 1968. Quarto, first edition, pp. xxiii, 279, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, halftone and color plates, former Corcoran Gallery copy with conservator's ID stamped on flyleaf. Arntzen & Rainwater M513: "The first comprehensive study of Marine Painting in the U.S. ... Valuable as well as a guide to further research in several areas of American painting." Condition of this book: Short tears at dust jacket edges, minor staining at top edge of leaves. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; United States; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53456. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53456
- Title
- A History of American Marine Painting
- Author
- John Wilmerding
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum
- Place of Publication
- Salem
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Art & Design; United States; Ships & the Sea. John Wilmerding A History of American Marine Painting
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