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INDIAN LEGACY OF CHARLES BIRD KING
by Viola, Herman J./Ewers, John C. (Introduction)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0385124856
- ISBN 13
- 9780385124850
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C./New York: Smithsonian Institution Press and Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. (1976) 152 pp. Original olive green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly rubbed w/ mild edge wear. Although the entire collection as destroyed by fire in 1865, King had made replicas of his most important subjects. The author has located more than sixty of these King portraits, many of which are published here in color for the first time, along with sixteen recently discovered charcoal sketches by King.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 593
- Title
- INDIAN LEGACY OF CHARLES BIRD KING
- Author
- Viola, Herman J./Ewers, John C. (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385124856
- ISBN 13
- 9780385124850
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press and Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C./New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY ARTISTS BIOGRAPHY KING CHARLES BIRD 1785 1862 INDIANS NATIVE AMERICANS NORTH AMERICA PORTRAITS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 1789 1869 AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; American Indian;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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