Kent rockwell illustrator (28 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reissue edition. 233 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Kent, Rockwell (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. Previous owner's attractive bookplate and date, 1937, on inside front cover. ; Book is in excellent condition. Tight binding and clean, unmarked interior." The Saga of Gisli was written early in the thirteenth century. It offers an imaginative reconstruction of the story of a man and his family who came to Iceland from Norway about AD 960. Soon after 960 Gisli, the central figure, was outlawed for killing his brother-in-law, and then, for thirteen years or more, he lived in hiding in remote parts of the northwest of Iceland until he was finally caught and killed by his enemies. "[goodreads]; ; 148 pages.…

Zustand: VERY GOOD. 3rd printing (just one month after the first) South Carolina author's only novel, winner of the third Dodd, Mead Prize Novel competition (a $10,000 prize.) Written in dialect and positively reviewed at the time of its publication (the NY Times review described it as a story of "Negroes torn between their loyalty to their feudal lord, their love of the slow-going ways of life on the plantation, and the inducements held out to them by friends who have gone North to Harlem . . by a Southern woman whose personal affection for unlettered, plantation Negroes is as apparent as her intimate knowledge of them."), it is now mainly appreciated for its Rockwell Kent illustrations - which included endpapers, frontispiece and title page and five inserted plates. 310 pp. Very good red cloth with white polka-dots, black titles on red panels (some wear to corners, red crayon scribble on one page, but a straight and sturdy copy), no dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 656 pages. 9.26x6.26x9.00 inches. In Stock. Kent, Rockwell (illustrator).

Hardcover. Original blue cloth with title and decoration in silner, quarto, (112) pp, illustrations and decorations by Rockwell Kent. Literary Guild newsletter "Wings" Volume 3, No. 12, December 1929 laid in. This is a reprint of the Random House edition of Candide illustrated by Rockwell Kent - the first book to bear the Random House imprint - was published the previous year. Some fading to covers, jacket somewhat darkened, else about very good Resetting of the Random House limited edition.…

Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. - Dustwrapper rubbed and toned with chipping and small tears to edges and some scuffs and marks - edges of text block toned and very slightly foxed - shelfwear to board edges - previous owners name on blank preliminary page - Book ow/ solid, clean and content bright - black, sepia and white illustrations - illustrated paper title label to spine and illustrated label to front cover - 627 pages.…

Hardcover. 111 pages. 29 x 19.5 cm. Trade edition of the 1928 publication. Orig. dark salmon cloth front cover lettered in gilt. Near fine in ragged dust wrapper.

Wraps. First edition. 22 x 14 cm Text, plus 144 plates. Cover design by Rockwell Kent. Clean, pencil notations, commentary on some of the paintings exhibited by previous owner who attended the exhibition. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. Rockwell Kent (illustrator).

Zustand: Very Good. Offering this large-size deluxe copy of World-Famous Paintings , edited by Rockwell Kent who also wrote the introduction. New York: Wise & Co., 1939. Contains 100 color illustrations of famous American and European artists and their paintings from the 15-20th centuries. Illustrated endpapers by Rockwell Kent. Stamped faux-leather hardcover with a paste down illustration on the front. Size is about 11.5 x. 8.5 x 2.25 inches. The overall condition is very good. The binding is strong, the art plates and the text pages unmarked. There is a name and date written at the top of the title page, else no marks. Pages are age-tanned, the first few pages and front endpaper are mildly creased (none of the plates). The cover is a little bumped and worn, as pictured. A nice, solid copy. Rockwell Kent (illustrator). …

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. 1909 printing. cover shows heavy wear, tear, soiling. pages tanned and clean.

Leineneinband. Zustand: Gut. Leinencover mit Schutzumschlag, 22x14 cm, 957 Seiten. Guter bis sehr guter Zustand. 2. Auflage. Mit Illustrationen von Rockwell Kent, Im Anhang ein Essay von Jean-Pierre Lefebvre über Die Arbeit des Wals", zeitgenössische Dokumente aus dem Quellgebiet des Romans, und Melvilles Essay Hawthorne und seine Moose" sowie 7 Briefe an Sophia Hawthorne und Nathaniel Hawthorne 1200 gr.…

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 336 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is cream and blue with brown lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$3.75" on front flap, has mild general age-toning and soiling, mild creasing and rubbing wear along extremities, chipping to fore corners and joints, and small spots of foxing along front tail edge. Boards have mild bumping and rubbing wear to fore corners, moderate shelving and rubbing wear along head and tail of spine. Textblock edges have mild age-toning, head edge dyed brown and has mild sun-fading; interior endpapers have mild age-toning. Contains frontispiece by Rockwell Kent. 1399425. Special Collections.…

Full red cloth boards. Upper lettered in blind with mounted illustration in gilt border. Spine with paper title label. Pictorial pasted and free endpapers. No dust jacket. , Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s ? 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature" and was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets? Corner in Westminster Abbey. Rockwell Kent (1882 ? 1971) was a prominent American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager. , Size : Quarto.(235 x 155 mm), Very good example of this De Luxe Edition of Chaucer?s famous work, illustrated with many plates by noted American illustrator Rockwell Kent. , 627 pp. Light toning, shelfwear, occasional pencil notations.…

Hardcover. Limited Edition: #396/1500. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Housed in publisher's tan slip case bearing red labels with white and black lettering, moderately worn. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Sunning to spine. Minor general shelf wear to boards. Top edges of textblocks gilt. Fore edges of textblock deckled. Signed by Kent and enumerated on limitation page in the front of Volume I. Mild age toning and light scattered staining throughout textblock. Shelved above Case 13. 1381576. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 9" X 5-3/4" This book is soft-bound in white parchment with gilt stamping on the upper cover and spine. The cover show some light toning/foxing, and light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean, but with light scattered foxing. This book is a Limited Edition, #382/750. …

Hardcover. First edition. 109 pages. Small 4to, pictures by Hogarth, Jr. [Rockwell Kent] --forty-eight full page and smaller black and white illustrations. The third book illustrated by Kent. With an eight line poem dedicated to Mademoiselle Andree, dated April 25, 1928 and signed by George S. Chappell on front cover free endpaper. The verses and illustrations here were previously published in various journals prior to this compilation. ROCKWELLKENTIA p.60. Interior contents clean. Orig. decorated boards and black cloth, front cover and spine labels. Very good in nicked dust wrapper lacking tiny portions spine extremities and lower corners. …

First Edition. [Illustrated Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION THUS, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xviii; 627 [5]. with numerous dichromatic wood engraved plates by Kent, including a frontispiece. Recently rebound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin black labels on the spine, and matching cloth over boards. Gentle toning and some marks to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy, in an attractive new leather binding. A quality edition, with large print, good typography, and illustrations by one of the greatest American illustrators of the twentieth century. First published in the US in 1930, the same year as his most famous work 'Moby Dick'.…

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 572 pages. Notes; First, Hebrew Edition. Rockwell Kent, Illustrator. Subjects; Herman Melville. Moby Dick. Hebrew translation. first edition. 1 Kg. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First Trade Edition. Octavo, [2], 111pp, [1]. Publisher's red cloth, title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. Both hinges showing wear, with archival reinforcement to both, as is common with this book. Solid text block, internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, advertisements for other Random House imprints on the rear panel, a few scuff marks, closed tears at heel of the spine, a bright, near fine example. This copy is inscribed by Rockwell Kent on the title page: ".especially for Marjorie Wallace! no - 15!! / Rockwell Kent / Montreal / October 1930." Candide was illustrated by Rockwell Kent beginning in the fall of 1927. It was the first book published by Random House. The book was produced by Pynson Printers. The book first appeared as a limited edition of 1470 numbered and signed copies in 1928. It sold out almost immediately. The following year it was released in trade editions, by the Literary Guild in 1929, and this copy from Random House in 1930. (Johnson, p. 44-46). The first trade edition of Candide by Voltaire from Random House, inscribed and hand-numbered by the illustrator, Rockwell Kent. (illustrator). Signed. …

Hardcover. First edition. 172 pages. 18 x 13 cm. Kent's first book. Persuaded by his comrade, Squires, Kent produced eighty-five drawings, decorative initials, and the cover design (inimitably Kent). A very early effort by him for which he received $100.00. First published as a series of articles in "Architecture and Building." JOHNSON p.31. A very fresh and bright copy, almost as new with front cover design in gilt and red against navy background, and with the scarce dust wrapper. Full page frontispiece of Tom Thumtack plus title page illustration are color lithographs. Orig. illustrated navy cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper with small chips at head of spine.…

1930, 1st random House Kent Edition. (Cloth) Near fine in very good dust jacket. xxxi, 822 +. Black cloth with silver decoration and writing to spine and cover. Scarce jacket shows edgewear with at head and heel of age toned spine. Front of cover and textblock has dampstaining though it does not carry beyond the edge. Still attractive in mylar. The typically scratched silver on the cloth is clean and free af marring. Internally beautiful with minor discolouration to end papers. With the iconic Rockwell Kent illustrations peppered generously throughout. Will happily send photographs upon request as is a far more attractive copy than it sounds. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent.…

Hardcover. First edition. 111 pages. 29 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 527 of 1470 copies signed by Rockwell Kent. It is also the first book with the Random House imprint. Printed on all rag French paper and 95 coloured in the studios of the artist. Hand set in type designed by Lucien Bernhard and with paragraph designs by Kent. Some tape residue on inside back covers. Book plate inside front cover pastedown. Orig. illustrated and lettered beige cloth. Fine.…

First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1931 film directed by John M. Stahl. Included with the book is an extraordinary original bi-fold program for the April 17, 1931 Hollywood premiere of Stahl's film at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, printed in black and gold on lavender card stock, styled to emulate the novel's dust jacket, with Rockwell Kent's beautiful jacket illustration replicated on the front cover. A native of Chicago, Charles Norris worked as a journalist for some years before finding success as a novelist and playwright whose prescient fiction often dealt with contentious issues like modern education, hereditary and environmental influences, big business, and ethics. His eighth novel advocates for reproductive choice, relating the story of a Catholic family gradually torn apart by too many children and lack of access to birth control. Book: Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Contemporary owner name on front pastedown. Film program: Lavender card stock, with titles and design in black and gilt. Fine.…

Zustand: Near Fine. First Thus. First thus. xxxii, 822, [6] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth elaborately stamped in silver on the front board and spine; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light rubbing to silver gilt, light wear to extremities. Contents overall clean and bright with very little of the usual offsetting from the illustrations. Rockwell Kent's stunning Art Deco wood engravings brought Herman Melville's novel and posthumous reputation to life. Random House was so excited by the illustrations, it neglected to put the author's name on the dust jacket or covers, though the name appears -- in smaller letters than the illustrator's -- on the title page.…

Zustand: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Number 338 of a limited 1,000 copies. Forty plates, separately matted, as issued, with one plate signed by Rockwell Kent. Housed in publisher's navy blue cardboard box with label on lid. Near Fine with light rubbing and soiling to box, one corner of lid split. Light scratching and marking to label with light staining and wear to box. Plates with some light soiling and light toning. Issued in concert with Doubleday's two-volume publication of Shakespeare's works, featuring the same illustrations. A stunning collection of Rockwell Kent's characteristically stark, yet sublime, interpretations of the Bard's most famous works. Signed. …