THE AMERICAN EAGLE
by Isaacson, Philip M
- Used
- Condition
- good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
- ISBN 10
- 0821206125
- ISBN 13
- 9780821206126
- Seller
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Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1975. HC. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). 160 B&W ill., 64 color ill.. ISBN 0821206125 This book places the bird in historical perspective, tracing its changing shape and demeanor from the Great Seal to its transformations in the vernacular American woodcarving tradition, through the brief excursion into Italian neoclassicism at the hands of Valaperta. The work and influence of the great American eagle carvers--Samuel McIntire of Salem, Mass., William Rush of Philadelphia, and John Bellamy of Kittery Point, Maine, is described and illustrated in detail. 210pp.
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- Bookseller
- Ray Boas, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS030511I
- Title
- THE AMERICAN EAGLE
- Author
- Isaacson, Philip M
- Illustrator
- 160 B&W ill., 64 color ill.
- Format/Binding
- HC
- Book Condition
- Used - good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0821206125
- ISBN 13
- 9780821206126
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folk Art;
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