Search Results: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers from Tangible Tales

Washington: Fairbanks Art and Books, 2002. Hardcover. Good +. Signed and inscribed by the author (the artist's son) on the half-title page to local acquaintances, "With kindes Personal Regards to Donna and Orville Vander Griend from Florence and Eugene Fairbanks October 2006." Quarto-size green hardcover, no jacket as issued, no indication of printing, one date. A good+ copy with bumping to both spine tips being it's major flaw. Light shelf-wear to the board edges and a bright, attractive cover illustration. The interior is clean an unmarked other thant he author's inscription. Solid binding, lacking in tightness, most likely due to the signing. 168 pp., black and white photos throughout with a handful of full color photos. A beautiful collection of examinations of Fairbanks' monuments and statues.

Australia: Lilyfield Publishers Pty Ltd, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black hardcover with white spine lettering, first edition in dustjacket. A very good copy with minro wear at the tips and corners. Previous owners bookplate at the top of the front free-endpaper. A clean, unmarked copy in a solid binding, lacking tightness in the hinges. The dust jacket is crisp and attractive, with a previous price sticker on the bottom of the rear panel. 208 pp., Reade's story of growing up on the road across Australia. Reade is an amazing illustrator and journalist, credited as the father of Cuban animation.

New York: Two Continents Publishing Group, Ltd. and Morgan Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Ella and Quincy Scott. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Margery, another adventurous gal - Dorothy Ballard." Brown cloth hardcover with orange spine lettering in dustjacket, no indication of printing. A very good copy - clean, straight, and well bound. Some speckling ot the text block edges and light soil along the top edge. The dustjacket is not quite as good. Price-clipped, with a creased front flap and chips along the panel edges - still bright and attractive. 246 pp., some black and white photos and sketches from the honeymooners themselves. Written by their daughter, this book tells the story of two newly married artists on the trail to the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century.

Switzerland: Lars Muller, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Text in German. Gray cloth hardcover lacking dustjacket. A very good copy with bending at the lower corners and a handful of dog-eared pages. The binding and hinges are solid and the pages are clean and unmarked. 181 pp., a color and b/w photography and some plans. A beautiful collection of Zweifel's work.