Published by Clarkson N Potter, Inc./Publisher, New York, New York, 1968
Seller: Bygone Pages, Aurora, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This is a nonfiction biogrpahy of a painter, inventor and journalist from 1792-1884 called Rufus Porter, Yankee Pioneer, copyright 1968, first edition, hard cover, dust jacket, written by Jean Lipman with a foreword by Gerard Piel and a preface by John I. H. Baur. THIS IS NOT A LIBRARY BOOK. The books dust jacket has some chips and tears, otherwise in goog condition in a new archival mylar wrap. The book itself has slight must odor, slight fading on front bottom corner of cover, otherwise in good condition with tight binding, nice 22 full color plates and 102 in black and white, with 202 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by Clarkson N. Potter, NY, 1980
ISBN 10: 0517541165 ISBN 13: 9780517541166
Softcover. Black & cerise wraps. ix, 202 pp. 22 color, 102 bw plates. Originally printed in 1968, with a New Foreword by Baur to this edition, which accompanied an 1980 exhibition. Foreword by Gerard Piel, Preface by John I. H. Baur. The first full study of the 19th century Renaissance Man of New England, who besides being an Itinerant painter was an inventor, editor and publisher. Fascinating reading. VG- (overall light shelfwear to wraps, pencil markings in some of the text, but pages are otherwise clear).