The Roy Strong Diaries 1967-1987
by Strong, Roy
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- Fine
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297818414
- ISBN 13
- 9780297818410
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound. Signed by Roy Strong and dated 12.V.97. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, slightly more so to head and tail of spine. 461pp. Several b/w illustrations. In this book, the flamboyant former director of the National Portrait Gallery and the V & A Museum, takes the reader into the heart of his career from 1967-1987, revealing Sir Roy to be not only a brilliant administrator but a shrewd observer of the glittering social milieu into which he was drawn..
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007671
- Title
- The Roy Strong Diaries 1967-1987
- Author
- Strong, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297818414
- ISBN 13
- 9780297818410
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- roy strong, much laskett, Victoria & albert museum
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art History; Biography/Autobiography;
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