Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Tomkins, Calvin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1970. Cloth, 383 pages, illustrations, plates, portraits; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. Illustrated with 68 Photographs.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 098667
- Title
- Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Author
- Tomkins, Calvin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Museums; Patronage / Museums & Foundations;
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LEFT COAST BOOKS
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About LEFT COAST BOOKS
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- Rolled
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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