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Gravure and Grace: The Engravings of Roger Vieillard
by Hacker, P. M. S
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1854440284
- ISBN 13
- 9781854440280
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Ashmolean Museum, 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (large). A near fine copy in very good +dust jacket with slight wear to upper jacket cover (at upper right corner; label removal); slight rubbing to jacket and plain wrappers (chiefly at edges); else a near fine copy internally. 104 pages. Coverage of the graphic work of the noted French engraver (1907-89), incorporating the catalogue of the exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, October 1993 - January 1994; plus the complete list of his livres d'artiste, and a catalogue listing of the engravings as an appendix. Preface by Timothy Wilson; essays by Peter Hacker, Eunice Martin and Marc Fumaroli; biographical chronology and selected artist's statements.30 b/w Illustrations / plates; 1 b/w Photograph (frontispiece portrait); b/w Title Decoration.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L073294
- Title
- Gravure and Grace: The Engravings of Roger Vieillard
- Author
- Hacker, P. M. S
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1854440284
- ISBN 13
- 9781854440280
- Publisher
- Ashmolean Museum
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- NW0002, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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