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FLATLY SPOKEN by Designs Collected Arranged and Hand Printed By S. Eliason, K. Langworthy, R. Mosier, J. Van Camp, and B. Webb - 1950

by Designs Collected Arranged and Hand Printed By S. Eliason, K. Langworthy, R. Mosier, J. Van Camp, and B. Webb

FLATLY SPOKEN by Designs Collected Arranged and Hand Printed By S. Eliason, K. Langworthy, R. Mosier, J. Van Camp, and B. Webb - 1950

FLATLY SPOKEN

by Designs Collected Arranged and Hand Printed By S. Eliason, K. Langworthy, R. Mosier, J. Van Camp, and B. Webb

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(Chicago): (Design Class of the Art Institute of Chicago), 1950. RARE. # 35 of an edition of 50 copies produced by a design class in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, no date, but 1950 given inscription at front end page. Bound in black cloth, title in white with white hand printed designs front cover, title page printed in red with same designs as front cover only printed in red, followed by 74 unnumbered pages with 37 silk screen hand printed designs, then limitation page. Inscribed at front end page "Harry Breen May 12, 1950 Remember Exhibition Millenium; you certainly helped to make it a wonderful success Harrison Lagerstrom (?)", the inscription partially blurred by dampstain. Very Good, dampstain front end pages, worm holes and small chips at edges of rear blank end pages and paste down. A number of the pages SIGNED by Bob Appel, Jack D. Nelson, Leon A. Muller, Emelyn Brehan, Bruce Kartebrein (?), Stanley Sczepanski, Gene De Smut (?), Peter H. Jalosian, Theodore M. Steele, and one other undeciphered. Wonderful mid-century silk screen designs in bright multi-colors presenting a unique visual feast. Not found at OCLC, no auction records at RareBookHub. SIGNED. Cloth. Very Good. Narrow 4to .
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  • Publisher (Design Class of the Art Institute of Chicago)
  • Place of Publication (Chicago)
  • Date Published 1950
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The Post Car ( Handcoloured Print )

The Post Car ( Handcoloured Print )

by YEATS, Jack B. (1871-1957). CUALA PRESS.

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Dublin: The Cuala Press Ltd. Near Fine, slight soiling, mainly marginal, no date. SCARCE. SIGNED in the print and handcoloured by Jack B. Yeats, brother to William Butler Yeats and a highly regarded artist in his own right. Overall print size 11 1/4" x 14 3/4", image size 8 1/4" x 11 3/4". . SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Edition. Print. Near Fine. 11 1/4" x 14 3/4".
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( Original Woodcut Print on Rice Paper  ) Sisters
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( Original Woodcut Print on Rice Paper ) Sisters

by Hahn, Betty ( American, 1940 )

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The Artist, 1965. Original woodcut print on rice paper , paper size 15 1/2" x 15 1/2", image size 11 1/2" x 11 1/4", pencil signed bottom with pencil title "Sisters", A/P (Artist Proof), 1965. Near Fine, creasing to margins. Betty Hahn is best known for her photographic artworks, which have incorporated a range of artistic techniques unconventional to that medium. Her works are in many museum, university, and private collections worldwide, including The Chicago Art Institute, The Museum of Modern Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. This woodcut is an early work, dating from her MFA years at Indiana University in the mid-1960's, and her works from this era are SCARCE. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. Print. Near Fine. 15 1/2" x 15 1/2".
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( Original Woodcut Print on Rice Paper  )  Head of a Woman

( Original Woodcut Print on Rice Paper ) Head of a Woman

by Hahn, Betty ( American, 1940 )

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The Artist, 1965. Original woodcut print on rice paper , paper size 12 1/4" x 16", image size 8" x 11", pencil signed bottom right with pencil title "Head of a Woman", 6/9, 1964 ? ( pencil faint). Near Fine, bottom edge with 1/2" horizontal fold, small hole edge of right margin. Betty Hahn is best known for her photographic artworks, which have incorporated a range of artistic techniques unconventional to that medium. Her works are in many museum, university, and private collections worldwide, including The Chicago Art Institute, The Museum of Modern Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. This woodcut is an early work, dating from her MFA years at Indiana University in the mid-1960's, and her works from this era are SCARCE. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. Print. Near Fine. 12 1/4" x 16".
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12 Occupations
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12 Occupations

by Jean De Bosschere

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Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition
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London: Elkin Mathews, 1916. #30 of an edition of 50 copies hand-coloured and SIGNED BY ARTIST with his initials at colophon. Near Fine, tiny bumps at corners, the bookplate of noted book collector Albert Parsons Sachs front paste down. French text with English translation by Ezra Pound from de Bosschere's "Les métiers divins" (Paris, 1913). Elkin Matthews asked Pound to do the translation but his name did not appear in the work-- Cf. Gallup B12. A quite charming collection of 12 drawings, uncommon in such lovely condition and good provenance. Although no indication in the book, most recently from the collection of noted collector Lewis Vogler. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Stiff Wrappers . Near Fine/No Jacket. Small 8vo. Limited Edition.
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California on Stone (Presentation Copy with TLS)
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California on Stone (Presentation Copy with TLS)

by Peters, Harry T.

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Limited and Numbered Edition
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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" To Ethan D. Alyea, Who helped with this volume as the acknowledgements show - With thanks & regards, Harry T. Peters". With laid in one page TLS on author's stationery with New York City letterhead, dated December 23, 1935 to Mr. Alyea - "My dear Ethan, I am enclosing you herewith a copy of 'California in Stone', together with your California Volume which you so kindly lent me. I am trying to return all the material I borrowed before Christmas to make the book. You will note that your book helped me in many places in the book. My notes only show that you loaned me this one volume, however, if you find in checking over that you lent me any others, kindly call it to my attention as I want to be sure to return all I borrowed and my notes may not be complete in the confusion. I hope you will like the book and enjoy it as much as I did in making it. Sincerely yours, Harry".… Read More
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era

by Hazel E. Brown

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Used - Near Fine
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Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813817750 / 0813817757
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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Mr. Munchausen
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Mr. Munchausen

by John Kendrick Bangs

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First Edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781121883024 / 1121883028
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Mr. Munchausen .Used. Noyes, Platt & Company, Boston, 1901 First Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL, . artist/author of the "Hole Book" series. Used. Very Good / No DJ if originally issued. Front cover illustration in good shape. All colour plates present and affixed to the binding. No dust jacket is included if issued. Tight binding, gutters intact. Pages are fairly bright. A nice copy. Readers should get a Bangs out of it. 180 pages plus adverts.
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American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons

American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons

by Fink, Lois Marie

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780521384995 / 0521384990
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Cambridge Univ Press, New York, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Fine. 430pp; This book examines the work of nineteenth-century American painters within the context of French art presented at the Paris salons, annual or biennial exhibitions of contemporary art that, at the time, were the most important events in the Western art world; Lavishly illustrated with two hundred reproductions, the book also includes a list of five thousand salon works exhibited by Americans throughout the nineteenth century; DJ has very slight wrinkling along the top and bottom edges; The book itself (both the cover and the pages) are flawless; Additional shipping charges may apply; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 0521384990. ISBN/EAN: 9780521384995. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 102383. . 9780521384995 Additional shipping charges may apply..
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At the Bottom of the Ladder
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At the Bottom of the Ladder

by Camillus Kessler

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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1926, Cartoons by Camillus Kessler. Quarto, cloth pictorial boards, 274 pages, no dust jacket. Platinum Age comics depicting celebrities, political humor, captains of industry (and their first jobs), economics and social strata. Cracked hinges, toning, wear to covers, clean pages.
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While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys, Book 11)
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While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys, Book 11)

by Franklin W. Dixon

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Reprint Edition
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Franklin W. Dixon: While The Clock Ticked (1932, Grosset & Dunlap Hardy Boys), 1948 Printing Thus. BROWN BOARDS, ORANGE ENDPAPERS. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL RED DUST JACKET. HARDY BOYS #11. GROSSET & DUNLAP. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD- ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. DESCRIPTION: The book is in an original red kidnap jacket. That jacket is original, has an orange spine. Loss to top and bottom of spine. with a triangular divot out of the letter H in the word the. The front panel of the dust jacket is unclipped and has a 7575 priced front flap. Back flap a blurb for "Touchdown Pass", dating this copy to 1948. Back panel of the dust jacket states ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS BY ZANE GREY. BOOK: Brown boards with two boys in 30's period clothing at center. One wears a hat and scarf. Two sets of orange and white endpapers that show the boy with the hat up a tree with binoculars gazing at a cabin on a bluff across the way. Pages and endpapers are clean and bright. Black topstain. Copyright 1932 Grosset… Read More
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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5th Printing Thus
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THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD. By Clair Huchet Bishop. RARE/SCARCE. ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT MC CLOSKEY, author, Illustrator of the beloved "Make Way For Ducklings".EXLIB. GOOD+/ NO DJ INCLUDED. LIBRARY BOUND. Red Geometric pattern boards. Copyright October, 1942. STATED SEPTEMBER, 1955 5TH PRINTING THUS. SUMMARY: "It's bad news when you wake up in the morning and find you've lost your head, especially if it's an especially agreeable and handsome head, but there you go, such things happen." Claire Huchet Bishop's charming parable is illustrated by the great Robert McCloskey, whose books for children include One Morning in Maine, Blueberries for Sal, and the Caldecott Medal-winning Make Way for Ducklings."
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Freddy And The Ignormus
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Freddy And The Ignormus

by Brooks, Walter R

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Fifth Printing Thus
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Freddy and the Ignormus. First Edition, Jan 1951 5th Printing thus. Brooks, Walter R. EXLIB. GOOD/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, Copyright 1941, ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE.
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
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Freddy And The Men From Mars

by Brooks, Walter R

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2nd Printing Thus
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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts

M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts

by Hipkiss, Edwin J

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Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 366pp + several supplementary illustrations in the back; This book is dedicated to Karolik's collection of paintings, drawings, engravings, furniture, silver, needlework & incidental objects gathered to illustrate the achievements of American artists and craftsmen of the period from 1720 to 1820. Notes on drawings and prints by Henry P. Rossiter. Comments on the collection by Maxim Karolik; Published for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Signed by author on the front endpaper; There is substantial edgewear to the cover, wear to the crease, and minor discoloration; Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean; Additional shipping charges may apply; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5-6 pounds. Category: Art & Design; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More
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Freddy And The Bean Home News
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Freddy And The Bean Home News

by Brooks, Walter R

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4th Printing Thus
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Freddy and the Bean Home News. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, copyright 1943, Fourth printing Thus, Jan., 1952. Exlib. No exterior marking. Good/ no DJ included. A clean, solid copy. Please also see our Freddy The Pig Catalogue.
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