Search Results: Authors starting with K from Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition.. A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the late 19th to early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph for which a separate stone was used for the application of each color, thus requiring meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . Archivally double matted in Forest Green rag board, sized to 14 x 18 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the late 19th to early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph for which a separate stone was used for the application of each color, thus requiring meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . Archivally double matted in Forest Green rag board, sized to 14 x 18 inches, suitable for framing.

1945.. First printing. An original Signed black and white photographic portrait of Rockwell Kent. Near Fine Condition. Slight creasing to lower right corner, not effecting the image. Minor tape residue on verso. 8 x 10 inches. Pencil notation on verso by Kent reads "RK 1945 or thereabouts. " A handsome portrait of Kent in striped tie and herringbone jacket. Signed on lower left corner in brown ink: "To my friend Richard Lamparski. Rockwell Kent.." Richard Lamparski: notorious radio broadcaster, biographer and author of the infamous "Whatever Became of.." series written in the late Sixties. From the photographic studio of Rudy Larson, with small signature emblem on lower right of image.

National Tuberculosis Association,, 1939.. First printing. Fine. Very Fine Condition. A complete sheet of 100 stamps, as issued. (20.7 x 26.6 cm). Printed in two colors by photogravure. Adhesive backing. Printer's mark "E" identified in stamp #67. Profile of an Angel head and upper torso printed in red against dark blue background with red double cross. Also known as 'Cinderella Stamps'- stamps produced by charities for non-postal use- this design by classic American Illustrator Rockwell Kent includes the double-barred Cross of Lorraine; which dates back to the Crusades and connotes a crusade against the common enemy. Block of four stamps with center of sheet with the Cross of Lorraine with phrases: Health to all; Protect your Home from Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis Preventable and Curable; Holiday Greetings. Buy and Use Christmas Seals. single sheet

San Francisco and New York:: Paul Elder and Company,, 1907.. Third. Fine. Fine. Octavo (8.5 x 5.5 inches). Brown cloth with gilt lettering and arabesque set in gilt panel to front board. Gilt lettering and emblem to spine. TEG, untrimmed. Former owner's signature and stamp to front paste down. Tidy gift inscription in pencil dated 1909 on prelim. Engraved calling card enclosed. v, 173 pp. Finely printed by the Tomoye Press, and bound in a rustic heavy brown cloth evoke monastic humility, inspirational essays from the author of "The Ministry of Beauty" and "As Nature Whispers" on love, wisdom truth,- how may we live and not dwell on these, how write to any purpose and not revolve about them? From the preface; It should be the aim of every earnest book to act in some degree as a medium for impersonal truth. Includes chapters on elements of freedom, the ideal of culture, the idea of religion, the nature of prayer, character and its expression, the beauty of poise and the… Read More