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English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection
de Yvonne Hackenbroch
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Fine
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Thames and Hudson, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12" by 9". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical study on silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two hundred plates, and many figures in the text. Collated complete. A study of the silver in the collection of Irwin Untermyer, an American attorney, jurist, and civic leader, who became known as an avid collector and promoter of art and antiquities. Pieces donated by Untermyer constitute "one of the world's great private collections" and are on permanent display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This work explores English domestic silver, English ecclesiastical silver, and continental silver. Written by Yvonne Alix Hackenbroch, a British museum curator and historian of jewellery. In the original quarter blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent with light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 910T83
- Título
- English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection
- Autor
- Yvonne Hackenbroch
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Thames and Hudson
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1963
- Tamaño
- 12" by 9"
- Palabras clave
- English Silver Irwin Untermyer Collecion Silver
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
