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The Life And Letters Of Charles Bulfinch Architect With Other Family Papers
by Bulfinch, Ellen Susan (Editor)
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- first
- Condition
- Orig. brown cloth with bevelled edges. Teg. Near fine
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. First edition. Orig. brown cloth with bevelled edges. Teg. Near fine. Bulfinch, Charles. 323 pages. 24 x 17.5 cm. Thirty-one photogravure illustrations with lettered tissue guards. Introduction by Charles A. Cummings. List of Public Buildings Designed by Charles Bulfinch. FREITAG 1163. KARPEL B1081. "...This is the major primary source, although as Garrett points out, many of the letters are excised and few attempts were made to date drafts." Title page in red and black. Ex-library bookplate front cover pastedown. No other marking.
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- Seller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 23358
- Title
- The Life And Letters Of Charles Bulfinch Architect With Other Family Papers
- Author
- Bulfinch, Ellen Susan (Editor)
- Illustrator
- Bulfinch, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. brown cloth with bevelled edges. Teg. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; American Art; Americana; Colonial;
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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