Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word
by Minor, Wendell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151956146
- ISBN 13
- 9780151956142
- Seller
-
Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
"Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word", with an introduction by David McCullough. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1995]. First edition, as indicated. pp. 154. many colour illus. Hardcover, grey boards with quarter bound beige linen cloth (Corners square, book solid, shelf wear to covers, slight bump to bottom of spine, some foxing to top edge, interior clean & unmarked). Signed by the author & stamped with his chop stamp, with an inscription to the previous owner, on a special bound-in page (before the half-title page). dw. (some foxing to corners & flyleaf, also some wear and soiling).
Very good condition.
Size: 11" x 10 3/4" (28cm x 27.5cm)
A prolific illustrator and designer of book jackets. This book contains over 100 full-colour reproductions. He has illustrated thousands of book jackets, and his work is in the Library of Congress, the Museum of American Illustration and the NASA Art Collection, among others.
Very good condition.
Size: 11" x 10 3/4" (28cm x 27.5cm)
A prolific illustrator and designer of book jackets. This book contains over 100 full-colour reproductions. He has illustrated thousands of book jackets, and his work is in the Library of Congress, the Museum of American Illustration and the NASA Art Collection, among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A11
- Title
- Wendell Minor
- Author
- Minor, Wendell
- Illustrator
- Wendell Minor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, grey boards, quarter bound beige linen cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151956146
- ISBN 13
- 9780151956142
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Companjy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 154
- Keywords
- Wendell Minor, David McCullough, book covers, book art, book illustration, book designer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on books; Art; American art;
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