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Nick Bikoff, IOBA, Fairfield, NJ, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since November 19, 2001
2 volumes rebound in clean maroon cloth with bright gilt spine lettering. Hinges & text tight & intact. [viii, 9-435pp]; [viii, 480pp]. Vol #1: lightly scattered foxing; Vol #2: moderate foxing. Vol #2 has Small dampstain to first 3 pages and to latter half of text. X-library markings on endpapers & title pages. Technical. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 915 pages. Seller Inventory # 17735
Title: HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ARTS...
Publisher: George P. Scott 7 Co., New York
Publication Date: 1834
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good+
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: ODYSSEY, Pointe Claire, QC, Canada
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Paperback Ed. Type: Book Vol.1: 435 pp., vol.2, part 1 & part 2: 513 pp., illustrated pb bdgs. with white titling on front boards & spines. Illustrated with 394 b/w full page reprods. and phototypes. (slightly scuffed edges bdgs., paper slightly yellowed)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request. Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY. Seller Inventory # 2480c
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Rob the Book Man, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3 paperbacks in very good minus condition. Foxing to books. 2 volumes bound as three. Volume 1, Volume 2 Part 1, Volume 3 part 2. Seller Inventory # 619851
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3/4 leather bindings exquisitely tooled in gilt at spine; paper covering on boards matches endpapers & textblock edges - a red/tan/blue, not quite paisley design. Bindings are firm on both volumes, rubbing to edges. Endpaers of both volumes have small lines or spots rubbed indicating possible bookplate removal. Previous owners signatures in both books. Foxing is occasional, primarily in margins, though some sections have tanning/off-setting; on the whole a beautiful, very readable set of this classic in art design. Seller Inventory # WS22006
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Leatherbound. Condition: Collectible Very Good. bindings by Alfred Matthews (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 2 vols. 435 p.; viii, 480 p; First edition of Dunlap's important history of the arts in early America. Includes biographical sketches and delightful anecdotes of scores of American painters, engravers, miniaturists, etc., as well as a lengthy autobiography. 3/4 brown morocco, raised bands, w/marbled end papers and boards; all edges gilt; lite wear at tips; volume II has a tipped-in note on page 55 (Peale in Italy) w/a tipped on signature of Harriet C. Peale (1800-1869, American artist), which reads "Portrait of Mrs. Washington from the Original by Charles Wilson Peale -painted in 1795 and now in Independence Hall - the property of the City.This Portrait has never been offered for sale. It was the first copy painted by Mr. Peale very highly finished - and his Model for all the copies he made. Equestrian Portrait of Washington after his Original of 1792 - size 55 by72. This picture was painted by R. Peale with the intention of offering it to the City authorities to be purchased and placed in Independence Hall. --- Harriet C Peale. ". Harriet was his daughter-in-law, and a painter also.A wonderful set of the original edition of this landmark set in the history of American Art history. ownr's name Size: 8 vo. Signed & Inscribed By Notable. Seller Inventory # 066177
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