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The Art of Wealth: The Huntingtons in the Gilded Age
by Bennett, Shelley M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0873282531
- ISBN 13
- 9780873282536
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in black cloth boards in dust jacket. Book and jacket are in Fine, As New condition, crisp, clean, and unused. A book about art collecting and philanthropy in America in the early twentieth-century. Archival photos throughout. Reading ribbon sewn in. 4to. 363 pp. including biographical references and index. Heavy--packed weight is nearly six pounds and will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.
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- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96222
- Title
- The Art of Wealth: The Huntingtons in the Gilded Age
- Author
- Bennett, Shelley M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0873282531
- ISBN 13
- 9780873282536
- Publisher
- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
- Place of Publication
- San Marino, CA
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Arabella Huntington; Henry Huntington; collectors and collecting
Terms of Sale
Warwick Books
Returnable if not as described, with prior notice, within 30 days. We take care packaging the books you order and will gift wrap on request.
About the Seller
Warwick Books
Biblio member since 2004
South Pasadena, California
About Warwick Books
We are an Internet-only book business. We carry hard-to-find books in many categories including art, photography, military history, cookbooks, children's books, fiction, needlework, Americana, popular culture, and signed first editions. Warwick Books is a member of IOBA, the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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