This handsome volume records over 1,100 superb examples of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts found in Ima Hogg's magnificent Houston home, Bayou Bend. Miss Hogg, the daughter of a Texas governor, began an extensive collection in 1920 that would chronicle America's tastes, styles, and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. 70 color plates. 700 halftones.
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This handsome volume records over 1,100 superb examples of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts found in Ima Hogg's magnificent Houston home, Bayou Bend. Miss Hogg, the daughter of a Texas governor, began an extensive collection in 1920 that would chronicle America's tastes, styles, and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. 70 color plates. 700 halftones.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. 468pp, quarto; boards clean, binding tight, interior clean throughout, Very Good+; dj covers lightly worn but clean, light chip top spine yet no major tears, Very Good.
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VG/VG. Slate-gray cloth, maroon & illus dust jacket, 468 pp., 700 BW illus, 70 color plates, weighs 6 lbs. "In 1920, Ima Hogg began an extensive collection of art and antiques that would chronicle America's tastes, styles, and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. The daughter of a Texas governor, Miss Hogg continued to acquire works for her magnificent Houston home, Bayou Bend, until her death in 1975 at the age of ninety-three. Today Bayou Bend is owned and operated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is regarded as one of the country's foremost collections of Americana. This handsome and richly illustrated book documents this extraordinary collection in its entirety for the first time." (dj).
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Very Good. Size: 12x9x1; Princeton University Press (Museum of Fine Arts); Princeton (Houston), 1998. Hardcover. Book is heavy and additional shipping cost may apply. A Very Good, grey cloth binding with silver lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of rubbing to board and spine edges, some crimping to spine edges, slightly bumped board corners, small rub mark bottom text block corner, bit of sunning to page margins, previous owner gift inscription half title page else unmarked, some handling/scuff marks to title page, in a Very Good, some handling/rub marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, some sunning to panel/flap margins and verso, 1-inch tear bottom front panel near spine, small tear and crease bottom rear panel corner, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches], 468pp., bibliography, indexed, color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Very Good. Size: 10x8x0; Hardcover and dust jacket. Shelf wear. Tears to jacket. Title page scuffed. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Good in Good jacket. Cloth, Large quarto, 470 pages, 75 color plates, 700 halftones. Jacket is lightly shelf worn and has price sticker from previous seller on back cover, not affecting legibility of text but covering barcode. Cover boards are in great condition. Spine is cracked, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. First edition, 1998. Quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 468 pp., heavily illustrated (some in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light soiling or age-toning to some pages and to the page-edges, a bit of rubbing or wear to the edges of the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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As New in Fine dust jacket. 0691059624. This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in fine condition with barely detectable wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "In 1920, Ima Hogg began an extensive collection of art and antiques that would chronicle America's tastes, styles, and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. The daughter of a Texas governor, Miss Hogg continued to acquire works for her magnificent Houston home, Bayou Bend, until her death in 1975 at the age of ninety-three. Today Bayou Bend is owned and operated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is regarded as one of the country's foremost collections of Americana. This handsome and richly illustrated book documents this extraordinary collection in its entirety for the first time. The volume records over 1, 100 superb examples of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts, including many key pieces that have been acquired since Miss Hogg's death. The extensive furniture collection features important high-style examples from America's principal urban centers. Paintings by such prominent artists as John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, and Gilbert Stuart are included, many of which are reproduced here in color for the first time. Exceptional examples of metalwork, including notable pieces by Paul Revere and the celebrated firm of Tiffany & Co., are joined by an extraordinary selection of prints, drawings, textiles, glass, and ceramics."; 12.41 X 9.46 X 1.54 inches; 520 pages.
