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THE INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN. Introduction by Holger Cahill
by Christensen, Erwin O
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company / Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1950.. 1950.. Very good. - Quarto, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped with slight fraying to the bottom corner of the front cover. There is a light stain to the top edge of the rear cover. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. The dust jacket is rubbed, soiled & chipped with short tears & small pieces out & with a score mark to the rear panel. xviii & 229 pages. There is an owner's address label on the front endpaper. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>An illustrated prospectus for the book is laid in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8574
- Title
- THE INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN. Introduction by Holger Cahill
- Author
- Christensen, Erwin O
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Macmillan Company / Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1950.
- Date Published
- 1950.
- Keywords
- ART; DECORATIVE ARTS; HANDICRAFTS; CRAFTS; FOLK ARTS; POPULAR ARTS; INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN; ERWIN O. CHRISTENSEN; FURNITURE; GLASSWARE; POTTERY; TOYS; QUILTS; INN SIGNS; IRON-WORK; FIGURE HEADS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION. 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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