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Simon, Howard.
500 Years of Art in Illustration, from Albrecht Durer to Rockwell Kent
Garden City, New York, Garden City Publishing,
1949, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Gathered in one large volume five centuries of art, from the beginning of printing to the present day, known and not well known book illustrators. An encyclodepia of book illustrators and their illustrations: Edmund Sullivan's, Rubaiyat; Phiz and Cruikshank illustrating Dickens; John Leech, "Punch"; Hans Sebald Behan, St. Matthew, Cain Slays His Brother (16th century); Hogarth, Gin Lane; Beadsley, Salome; Lepere, Nude Dancing; Alex Kravchenko, View of New York, and many others. Indispensable source of methods, techniques, and examples. From the the simple, naive lines of unknown artists of the 13th century to the clean cut lithographs of Rockwell Kent; intricate forms of Durer's engravings and Daumier's masterful works. Cruiksank, Toulouse-Lautrec, William Morris, Aubrey Beardsley, Holbein, Phiz, Auguste Lepere, Lucas Cranach The Elder, etc. Many plates full page. Tan cloth quarter spine, black and gilt title panel, black cloth boards. DJ maroon, yellow lettering, woodcut by Rockwell Kent. Flap corners clipped, upper and lower spine ends rubbed, small chips, closed tear to flap edge. Upper edge rear chipped, mild soiling to rear cover. New revised edition, price to rear cover. Very clean text, no markings, solidly bound. DJ in mylar. sm 4to, 476 pp
(Nobn, Art, Illustrators, Rockwell, Kent, Albrecht, Durer, Aubrey, Beardsly, Toulouse-Lautrec, William, Morris, Illustrator, Cruikshank, Lithographers, Illustration, Techniques, Engravers, 13th, Century, Engravings, 500, Years, In Art, Illustration, History, Of, Printing, Printing, History, Art, Of, Printing, Auguste, Lepere, Woodcuts, Hans, Waechtlin, Woodcuts, Woodcuts, 16th, Century, Lucas, Cranach, The Elder, Woodcuts, Book, Illustrators, Agnes, Miller, Parker, Edmund, Sullivan) Cat No. 2295.
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Biddle, George.
George Biddle's War Drawings
New York, Hyperion Press,
1944, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Biddle covered the Mediterranean Campaigns in WWII (North Africa, Sicily and Italy), accompaning fighting forces to the front for eight months. This pictorial war diary, contains 12 full color plates, and about 100 black and white drawings, with captions by the artist. George Biddle 1885-1973, American painter and writer on art. He studied abroad, then settled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., (1930's) devoting himself to paintings of social import. During World War II he served as chairman of the War Dept. Art Commission and later held important offices in several national artists' organizations. Biddle painted the frescoes for the Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, D.C; his major works include Mother and Child (Denver Art Mus.) and Winter in Tortilla Flat (Whitney Mus., New York City). He is the author of the autobiographical An American Artist's Story (1939), Artist at War (1944), Yes and No of Contemporary Art (1957), and Tahitian Journals (1968). Grey pattern boards and spine, red lettering to spine, color illustration to board. DJ not price clipped, same pattern, mild rubbing of edges, few closed tears, upper spine end chipped. Overall very good, in protective brodart mylar. Clean, no markings, tightly bound. Vivid color. oblong sm 8vo, 78pp
(George, Biddle, Painter, American, Painters, War, Painters, World, War, Ii, Drawings, Wwii, Drawings, World, War, Ii, Artists, First, Edition, Art) Cat No. 2296.
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Biddle, George.
George Biddle's War Drawings
New York, Hyperion Press,
1944, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Biddle covered the Mediterranean Campaigns in WWII (North Africa, Sicily and Italy), accompaning fighting forces to the front for eight months. This pictorial war diary, contains 12 full color plates, and about 100 black and white drawings, with captions by the artist. George Biddle 1885-1973, American painter and writer on art. He studied abroad, then settled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., (1930's) devoting himself to paintings of social import. During World War II he served as chairman of the War Dept. Art Commission and later held important offices in several national artists' organizations. Biddle painted the frescoes for the Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, D.C; his major works include Mother and Child (Denver Art Mus.) and Winter in Tortilla Flat (Whitney Mus., New York City). He is the author of the autobiographical An American Artist's Story (1939), Artist at War (1944), Yes and No of Contemporary Art (1957), and Tahitian Journals (1968). Grey pattern boards and spine, red lettering to spine, color illustration to board. DJ not price clipped, same pattern, mild rubbing of edges, few closed tears, upper spine end chipped. Overall very good, in protective brodart mylar. Clean, no markings, tightly bound. Vivid color. oblong sm 8vo, 78pp
(George, Biddle, Painter, American, Painters, War, Painters, World, War, Ii, Drawings, Wwii, Drawings, World, War, Ii, Artists, First, Edition, Art) Cat No. 2296.
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Biddle, George.
George Biddle's War Drawings
New York, Hyperion Press,
1944, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Biddle covered the Mediterranean Campaigns in WWII (North Africa, Sicily and Italy), accompaning fighting forces to the front for eight months. This pictorial war diary, contains 12 full color plates, and about 100 black and white drawings, with captions by the artist. George Biddle 1885-1973, American painter and writer on art. He studied abroad, then settled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., (1930's) devoting himself to paintings of social import. During World War II he served as chairman of the War Dept. Art Commission and later held important offices in several national artists' organizations. Biddle painted the frescoes for the Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, D.C; his major works include Mother and Child (Denver Art Mus.) and Winter in Tortilla Flat (Whitney Mus., New York City). He is the author of the autobiographical An American Artist's Story (1939), Artist at War (1944), Yes and No of Contemporary Art (1957), and Tahitian Journals (1968). Grey pattern boards and spine, red lettering to spine, color illustration to board. DJ not price clipped, same pattern, mild rubbing of edges, few closed tears, upper spine end chipped. Overall very good, in protective brodart mylar. Clean, no markings, tightly bound. Vivid color. oblong sm 8vo, 78pp
(George, Biddle, Painter, American, Painters, War, Painters, World, War, Ii, Drawings, Wwii, Drawings, World, War, Ii, Artists, First, Edition, Art) Cat No. 2296.
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Biddle, George.
George Biddle's War Drawings
New York, Hyperion Press,
1944, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Biddle covered the Mediterranean Campaigns in WWII (North Africa, Sicily and Italy), accompaning fighting forces to the front for eight months. This pictorial war diary, contains 12 full color plates, and about 100 black and white drawings, with captions by the artist. George Biddle 1885-1973, American painter and writer on art. He studied abroad, then settled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., (1930's) devoting himself to paintings of social import. During World War II he served as chairman of the War Dept. Art Commission and later held important offices in several national artists' organizations. Biddle painted the frescoes for the Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, D.C; his major works include Mother and Child (Denver Art Mus.) and Winter in Tortilla Flat (Whitney Mus., New York City). He is the author of the autobiographical An American Artist's Story (1939), Artist at War (1944), Yes and No of Contemporary Art (1957), and Tahitian Journals (1968). Grey pattern boards and spine, red lettering to spine, color illustration to board. DJ not price clipped, same pattern, mild rubbing of edges, few closed tears, upper spine end chipped. Overall very good, in protective brodart mylar. Clean, no markings, tightly bound. Vivid color. oblong sm 8vo, 78pp
(George, Biddle, Painter, American, Painters, War, Painters, World, War, Ii, Drawings, Wwii, Drawings, World, War, Ii, Artists, First, Edition, Art) Cat No. 2296.
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