Lacquer of the West: The History of a Craft and an Industry, 1550-1950
by Huth, Hans
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0226363155
- ISBN 13
- 9780226363158
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. First edition, 1971, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 158pp. + 364 plate b&w index. Book near fine with mild soil to boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked with foxing to edges of text block. DJ poor, tattered and taped, held together in mylar wrap.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B31647
- Title
- Lacquer of the West: The History of a Craft and an Industry, 1550-1950
- Author
- Huth, Hans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0226363155
- ISBN 13
- 9780226363158
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Arts and Crafts, Furniture
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