The Dinner Party: A Symbol of Our Heritage Tapa dura - 1979

Garden City: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 10x8x1. First Edition. 4to. 256 pp. b/w and color illustrations. Black cloth lettered in gilt at spine. Jacket toned, small chips and tears to spine-ends, edge-wear. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. In archival mylar sleeve.

U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. Oversize Hardback. Very Good/Poor. XL. Black cloth covers have sharp corners, fading at lower spine, a llittel along the bottom edge. Very light scuffing to boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 255 pages with lavish illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket is tattered at top edge with numerous open tears, none larger than an inch. Jacket at lower spine is chipped away at hinges, general chipping and wear, not price clipped. The story behind the creation of the monumental feminist scuplture The Dinner Party, a project which took years to complete. Illustrated with many full color plates and black and white photographs showing the construction of the component pieces, which included 39 ceramic place settings, embroidered runners and a heritage floor honoring 999 women of achievement (includes brief biographies of all these women). Design by Sheila de Bretteville. Index. Large… Leer más

U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. Oversize Hardback. Near Fine/Good. XL. Black cloth covers have sharp corners with lower back worn. A little fading at upper and lower spine edge, otherwise very clean with gilt lettering on spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 255 pages with lavish illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket is tattered at top spine, is price clipped, has edge wear, chipping at hinge edges; no tears greater than 1/2"". The story behind the creation of the monumental feminist scuplture The Dinner Party, a project which took years to complete. Illustrated with many full color plates and black and white photographs showing the construction of the component pieces, which included 39 ceramic place settings, embroidered runners and a heritage floor honoring 999 women of achievement (includes brief biographies of all these women). Design by Sheila de Bretteville. Index. Large format. Publisher's page marked ""Anchor Press Edition… Leer más