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Robert Field Portrait Painter in Oils, Miniature and Water-Colours and Engraver
by Piers, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. black cloth spine read leather spine label printed in gilt and dark green boards. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth spine read leather spine label printed in gilt and dark green boards. Very good. Field, Robert. 202 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Limited edition, one of 325 copies. Fifty three full page plates with descriptive text. With a "Descriptive Catalogue Of Field's Works." Diane Foskett, author of A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters (1972), calls Field was one of the best American miniaturists of his time. Interior contents clean. Bookplate of Kenneth Rapoport.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23733
- Title
- Robert Field Portrait Painter in Oils, Miniature and Water-Colours and Engraver
- Author
- Piers, Harry
- Illustrator
- Field, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. black cloth spine read leather spine label printed in gilt and dark green boards. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Frederic Fairchild Sherman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Miniature Painting
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Art; Art Reference; Painting;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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