Beauty and the Book. Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America. - BENTON, MEGAN L.
fine editions and cultural distinction in America
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Beauty and the Book. Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America. is een boek van BENTON, MEGAN L.. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 3 boekverkoper(s) uit Heerlen, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Maarssen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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2000Uitgever: Yale University Press323 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300082134ISBN-13: 9780300082135Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: xij, 324pp., illustrations, chapternotes & references, epilogue, appendix, abbreviations, bibliography, index, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new. Volume: Henry McBride Series in Modernism and Modernity. New Haven-London, Yale University Press. z.j. [Auteur: BENTON, MEGAN L.] [Titel: Beauty and the Book. Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America.]
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2000, 330pp.Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. In very good condition. "In post-World War I America, teeming as it was with magazines, newspapers, radio broadcasts and movies, many feared that the survival of traditional, serious books was in peril. This concern led to a publishing boom in fine editions; books valued primarily for their beauty, craftsmanship, extravagance, status, or scarcity. Beauty and the Book is a lively cultural history of the explosion in demand for these deluxe books during th...
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