Lear edward philip hofer (7 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. [16] pp., illustrated, small 8vo, stapled card wrapper. Hofer's two-page introduction is followed entirely by Lear's drawings. Printed by Meriden Gravure Co. in an edition of 1000 copies. Fine copy.

hardcover. Profusely illustrated in b&w. 109 pages. Oblong 4to, cloth, d.w.; d.w. slightly soiled. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1967. Edward Lear (illustrator).

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [16] p. : chiefly ill., facsims. ; 22 cm. Notes; Cover title. Introduction by Philip Hofer. Reproduced from a manuscript now in the Harvard Library. Inscription from Philip to John Dreyfus dated 31 December 1954 on inside cover. "1000 copies printed for the Department of Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1954". Subjects; Lear, Edward (1812-1888). Alphabets. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Limited edition facsimile reproduction of this Lear manuscript alphabet, completed circa 1862 as a gift for the young son of an antiquarian friend and notable among several similar Lear alphabets for the dash and verve of its excellent illustrations. 9.5'' x 6''. Original yellow paper-covered pictorial boards backed in grey cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Unpaginated. Printed by The Stellar Press, Ltd. Edition of 500, this copy no. 79. Minor edgewear. …

First US edition 1967. x+79 pages text + 109 pages of black and white plates. Colour frontispiece. Cloth. Very good in somewhat grubby and to the rear edge-worn dustjacket. Edward Lear, while probably best known as the author of The Owl and the Pussycat and the famous Nonsense Books, was by profession a draughtsman and painter. For over fifty years after 1836, from the age of twenty-four, he spent much of his life traveling or in residence abroad, producing thousands of sketches and drawings, some of which he later elaborated or used as studies for paintings. He is now belatedly becoming recognized as one of the best topographical draughtsmen of his day. Philip Hofer has long been an admirer and collector of the works of Edward Lear. He here presents a selection of Lear's landscape drawings chosen from his own collection and from the more than four thousand in the Harvard collection, which is the most extensive in the world. Hofer, whose constant concern has been in large part responsible for the excellence of this collection, introduces the plates with a biographical sketch of Lear, an extensive treatment of his development as a landscape draughtsman, and an appraisal of his work. He then reviews the growing appreciation of Lear's drawings and the present status of Lear collections both here and abroad, and adds a brief selected bibliography. We are specialists in Artists Monographs, Catalogues and Illustrated items. All items are as described and dispatched within 24 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with over 40 years experience, you may order with confidence. Other titles by this artist maybe in stock, please ask for our list or link.…

One of 500 numbered copies Small 4to Fine copy in original clear plastic slightly soiled dust-wrapper Quarter grey cloth, yellow paper-covered boards bearing a facsimile of a signed sketch by Lear First Edition. Printed by the Stellar Press.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Quarter green morocco and pastepaper covered boards. Small white flecks on front board, and a scrape on the rear board, near fine. One of 150 copies bound by Gray Parrot.