9" x 11", 99 page hardcover with dustjacket titled CITIES ON STONE: NINETEENTH CENTURY LITHOGRAPH IMAGES OF THE URBAN WEST by John W. Reps/ Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, ISBN # 0-88360-024-2, First Printing (unstated) , copyright 1976 /A representative sample of 50 city views created by American lithographers as the country expanded westward in the mid-19th century, with 38 pages of prefatory text, punctuated by illustrations & with references, describing the early days of lithography & the artists who became famous for these images. This is followed by 50 full-page, full-color plates of lithographs depicting major U.S. cities. The whole book has 99 pages with exhibition checklist in rear. The book is complete and in GOOD - VERY GOOD condition with some overall wear mainly to the edges of the dustjacket.
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