About this title: 187 photos, 4 in full color, of ships' figureheads, weathervanes, cigar store figures and more, along with history of each form and interesting sidelights.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Large Trade Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780486228167ISBN:0486228169
Description: Good. Two inch tear front cover by spine. The carved and painted figures are examples of an American folk art tradition that flourished from the middle of the 18th to the end of the 19th century. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780486228167ISBN:0486228169
Description: Very good+ 183 illustrations, 4 color plates. Pages clean & tight, one page has crease along length. Slight wear to extremities. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780486228167ISBN:0486228169
Description: Very Good. No DJ Issued. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 193 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. VERY GOOD with minimal wear to cover and pages. Binding fully intact. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon, [New York]
Date Published: 1948
Description: Very Good++ Very Good++ First Edition First Printing in the original red cloth binding with black lettering spine. Very Good+ Dust Jacket with mild soil, sun spine. 170 Illustrations and 4 Color Plates. Color illustrated frontispiece tipped-in. 4to. 193 pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: (New York): Pantheon Books, Inc., (1948).
Description: -Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper with a color pictorial label tipped onto the front panel. The dust jacket spine is rubbed & darkened with the head chipped. The panels are slightly darkened around the edges & the tops of the folds are chipped. 193 pages. Illustrated with 4 tipped-in color plates, including a frontispiece, & 183 black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback; Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780486228167ISBN:0486228169
Description: Very Good. 0486228169. Lightly bumped corners, loose lamination at tips. Light scratches and dings to wraps. Clean, unmarked text.; 8 1/2" x 11"; 193 pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon, NY
Date Published: 1948
Description: Very Good in Good+ jacket. Orange Cloth Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good Book in Good+Plus Dust Jacket. No previous owner names nor marks. The history of American folk art, replete with photographs. 193 pages. Measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover, New York
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780486228167ISBN:0486228169
Description: Near Fine in N/A jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 193 pp., 183 illus., 4 color plates. Light wear to edges, light front cover crease. read more
Description: Dust Jacket Included. 183 illustrations, including four tipped-in color plates. New York: Pantheon, 1948. First edition. Early pictorial study of previously neglected folk Americana, including ship figure-heads, weathervanes, cigar-store figures, trade signs, circus and carousel carvings, toys, decoys, and garden sculpture. Endpapers a bit soiled, with a faint paperclip impression to a few prefatory pages. Top and bottom edge a bit dust soiled; otherwise a very good copy in a worn and soiled ... read more
Binding: HARD BACK ORANGE
Publisher: PANTHEON, MERIDEN, CONN
Date Published: 1948
Description: VERY GOOD. 9 X 11" Black and white, pencil, and one color illustration; "dedicated to the index of American design w/the hope that its pioneer work of recording American folk art will be actively continued, " is the dedication of the book; slight rubbing on cover edges; minor soiling around corners _PAB_ read more
Edition: Hardcover edition/1948
Binding: Hardcovr w DJ.
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub/Hardcover collectible 1948 edtion/owner inscription...
Date Published: 1948
ISBN-13:9780844645728ISBN:0844645729
Description: Very Good in Good DJacket. Very good hardcover in red cloth w good d jacket-some tears at edges/ spine etc. e. Unknown printing. /1948 copyright w inscription inked in 1948. /193 p. illus. (part col. ) 29 cm. Bibliography: p. [187]-193. Numerous B/W photo illustrations 4 color plates-183 b & w photos of collectables. read more
Edition: 1st Ed.
Binding: Orang-red/blac
Publisher: Pantheon, NY
Date Published: 1948
Description: 188 illus. /4 color plates. Hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG in VG dust cover. minor wear. Mylar, Yellow/blk. Quarto, 193 pp., Several tipped in color plates. General survey of Amer. folk sculpture, metal casting, woodcarvings. Spine of DJ is slightly browned. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: 1948 Pantheon Books, NY
Description: 1st edition, large format hardcover, dust jacket, has very minor edge wear and a few surface marks, othewise fine. Over 170 illustrations, with 4 color plates. read more
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