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Peasant Art In Europe. One Hundred Plates In Full Colours and Thirty Two Plates in Black and White, Producing 2100 Examples of Peasant Ornament and Handicraft Taken Directly from Unpublished Originals
by Bossert, H. TH
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. Oversize folio, 12" x 15 1/2", xii+42pp., plus 132 full page plates - 100 in full color, 32 monochrome (2100 examples). Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and cover design, top edge titnted black. Slight fade to edge of cover, bit of foxing to preliminaries, small bookplate of previous owner on half title. Near fine, tight and sturdy.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008995
- Title
- Peasant Art In Europe. One Hundred Plates In Full Colours and Thirty Two Plates in Black and White, Producing 2100 Examples of Peasant Ornament and Handicraft Taken Directly from Unpublished Originals
- Author
- Bossert, H. TH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Architecture & Design;
- Size
- Folio
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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