Marcel Duchamp
by Lebel, Robert and Marcel Duchamp, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair DJ, Good book (Ex art library with sticker on DJ spine and front cover and rear pastedown; DJ is toned/scuffed/smudged/edge
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York / London / Paris: Grove Press, Inc. / Trianon Press, 1959. First Grove Press edition. Hardcover. Fair DJ, Good book (Ex art library with sticker on DJ spine and front cover and rear pastedown; DJ is toned/scuffed/smudged/edgeworn; DJ is reinforced with clear tape; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; gift bookplate from former owner on ffep; inner hinge is cracking; interior is lightly age toned.). Very light grey DJ with b&w-photo illustration and grey and black lettering; orange cloth boards with black lettering on the spine; 191 pp.; 1 unnumbered page; richly illustrated (some color & mounted), facsimiles, music, plates, portraits. "First published in French under the title Sur Marcel Duchamp in a limited edition of 137 copies by the Trianon Press, 125 avenue du Maine, Paris, 1959. Design and layout by Marcel Duchamp and Arnold Fawcus. Color and monochrome plates printed under Duchamp's supervision."-- Title page verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200561
- Title
- Marcel Duchamp
- Author
- Lebel, Robert and Marcel Duchamp, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair DJ, Good book (Ex art library with sticker on DJ spine and front cover and rear pastedown; DJ is toned/scuffed/smudged/edge
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Grove Press edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press, Inc. / Trianon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York / London / Paris
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- European Art, Marcel Duchamp ; Duchamp, Marcel ; ;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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