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Fingerprints of the Artist: European Terra-Cotta Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
by Avery, Charles, Introduction and Catalogue, assisted by Alastair Laing. Edited by Lois Katz
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674302028
- ISBN 13
- 9780674302020
- Seller
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Cerrillos, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Arthur M. Sacker Foundation, Washington, DC/Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. Lean to spine, rear hinge pulled, page edges tanned. Jacket handled, sunned, lightly dustsoiled, lightly bumped at head and heel of spine and folds. 298 pp., 117 items illustrated in color and b/w. From the library of physicist and Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, with his book plate. Size: Folio
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- Bookseller
- Maya Jones Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 292485
- Title
- Fingerprints of the Artist: European Terra-Cotta Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
- Author
- Avery, Charles, Introduction and Catalogue, assisted by Alastair Laing. Edited by Lois Katz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0674302028
- ISBN 13
- 9780674302020
- Publisher
- Arthur M. Sacker Foundation, Washington, DC/Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
- Place of Publication
- Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1981
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About the Seller
Maya Jones Books
Biblio member since 2004
Cerrillos, New Mexico
About Maya Jones Books
Based in the Ortiz Mountains near the old mining towns of Madrid and Cerrillos New Mexico, we feature general stock with a specialty in Latin American art, history and archaeology. From early September until the end of July, please visit us at the El Museo Cultural Market in the Santa Fe Railyard District.
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- Folio
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Plate
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- Sunned
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