William p spratling (7 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. xi, 162 p. 26 cm. Over 40 b&w woodcut illustrations by Spratling. Map of Louisiana by Spratling on both sets of pink endpapers. Black cloth hardcover with gold impressing on spine and pink label on front board. Pink dustjacket with black type and drawing. Dustjacket is much chipped, especially at top. Dampness stains bottom corners of text block. An impressionistic view of Louisiana's domestic architecture with an index of the houses discussed in the text. The preface is by Nathaniel Cortland Curtis, Dean of the Tulane School of Architecture. Spratling was a silversmith and artist best known for his influence on 20th-century Mexican silver design. Scott was an author, playwright, actress, newspaperwoman and columnist in New Orleans. Specific areas include: the east and west banks of the Mississippi; St. Francisville and the "Forida Parishes;" along Bayou Lafourche; Houma; Teche country; Natchitoches; New Orleans and vicinity. Specific plantations include: Destrehan; Belle Helene; Rosedown; Oak Alley; Parlange; Belle Alliance; Shadows on the Teche. More photos available upon request.…

Paperback. Zustand: Poor. First Edition. New Orleans, LA: Tulane University Press, 1923. First edition, 1923, inscribed and signed by the artist at the top of the front cover. Spratling was involved in the arts scene in New Orleans in the 1920s and later moved to Mexico to become a silversmith, and established a base in Taxco. He is frequently referred to as founder of the 20th century Mexican silver jewelry industry. Softcover paper portfolio with front cover label, four pages of text with map, and ten separate pages with Spratling's drawings engraved by the Grelle-Egerton Engraving Company. Housed in a blue cloth portfolio with front cover label and marbled interior. The book is in poor condition with covers chipped, soiled and separated from one another, text very good, sketch pages with light intermittent foxing, edgewear and some waviness to the lower edges of several toward the end. The portfolio has old dampstains to the outside, none within, no damp odor. . Signed by the Artist. First Edition. Soft Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. xi, 162pp. Text by Natalie Scott. Preface by Cortland Curtis. Illustrated by William P. Spratling. Owner bookplates on the front pastedown and opposite the title page. Modest wear on the binding, fading at the spine ends, foxing throughout the text, front gutter over-opened, still sound and very good, lacking the dust jacket. The bookplates belong to Gladys Freeman Cahn, an important New Orleans social welfare and civil rights advocate. Cahn held high ranking positions in many civil rights organizations, and received an award in 1953 from the Louisiana chapter of the NAACP for "courageous and untiring efforts in the field of human relations.".…