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ANTON OTTO FISCHER MARINE ARTIST HIS LIFE AND WORK
by KATRINA SIGSBEE FISCHER , ALEX A. HURST [ Served in Sail & Steam ]
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0903662043
- ISBN 13
- 9780903662048
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About This Item
BRIGHTON: TEREDO BOOKS, 1977 Green Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine and gilt blocked seascape to upper board. 290 x 230 mm approx. xxviii + 260 pp. Frontis + 235 other illustrations of which 112 in colour. Born in Regensburg in 1882 and orphaned soon after he became an American citizen and after studying art in Paris returned to the US where after working as an illustrator; took to working as a marine artist. He was appointed artist-laureate by the US Coast Guard during WWII whereupon he obtained fame. With a mystical affinity with the very run of the sea and the way of a ship his works portray a realism almost unique, this together with his ability to delineate men's emotions stands him above his peers. (Précis of flap fold). As New/ Near Fine (Book- No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - non price clipped, supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No defects to book or jacket). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123635
- Title
- ANTON OTTO FISCHER MARINE ARTIST HIS LIFE AND WORK
- Author
- KATRINA SIGSBEE FISCHER , ALEX A. HURST [ Served in Sail & Steam ]
- Illustrator
- Fischer , S K , Marine Artist
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0903662043
- ISBN 13
- 9780903662048
- Publisher
- TEREDO BOOKS
- Place of Publication
- BRIGHTON
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Art, Painting, Marine Art, Anton Otto Fischer, Alex A Hurst, US Coast Guard, Woodstock New York, Foc's'le Days, U S Destroyer Sigsbee, U.S.C.G. Cutter Campbell, North Atlantic Convoys, Polish Destroyer Burza, U-Boat Warfare, Maritime Books, Books
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