Introduction by joseph jacobs (12 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 160 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st. 303 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "This book, the most comprehensive survey ever assembled, takes America's rich heritage of vernacular art out of the antiques arena and the specialty museum and into today's art world. A book that crosses over conventional art historical categories, American Vernacular presents hundreds of newly identified and never before published objects, from carnival figures to religious totems, from antique trade signs to the most spectacular examples of carved canes. The book reveals the powerful strains of imagination that have shaped the American visual landscape and continue to nourish cutting-edge artists today. With over four hundred color photographs and insightful commentary by leading experts, American Vernacular is a thorough and engaging exploration that is essential reading for collectors, artists, and anyone interested in the instinctive creative process." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Animals and decoys; Canes; Carnival and circus figures; Figures and faces; Relgion and symbolism; Self-taught and outsider; Trade stimulators; Utilitarian; Weather vanes and whirligigs. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 5 1/2 X 7 1/2 inches high. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. xxv, 310 pages. Condition of the book is Very Good; covers lightly soiled, like wear to spine ends, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. Drama RGR.

Condición: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original light green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains [xxviii] 310 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine age tanned, without any ownership markings and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Spine darkening, light tone, light shelfwear, light cock, 1926 gift inscription, bookseller's label, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket split in three pieces with front flap detached and most of spine covering missing, edgeworn with chipping. Solid hardcover. ; Undated, but 1914 date from: A bibliography of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam / Ambrose George Potter. London, 1929. p. 11. Frank Brangwyn, a prolific English artist, illustrated this edition; he had success earlier with illustrations for a six-volume edition of Thousand and One Nights. Pleasing edition of Rubaiyat, in dust jacket. ; 135 pages. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn (ilustrador).…

Condición: Good. Frank Brangwyn illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original dark brown leather covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, all page edges gilt, illustrated end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Introduction pp 1-47, Rubáiyát over pp 49-125 (+ notes) carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with decorated title page, colour frontispiece plus 3 further full-page colour plates by Frank Brangwyn, Rubáiyát pages with decorative green border. Repaired splitting to the hinges, pieces of leather missing across the spine ends, tanning to the end papers, in Good condition. Unusual binding. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown bevelled, textured boards, the front and spine decorated in gilt; rear board has a cluster of spots in an area 4 cm x 2 cm. Internally paper cutting affixed to front paste down and long inscription on ffep; free end papers toned. Contents clean and unmarked. Hwerbert Granville (ilustrador).…

Condición: Very Good. Frank Brangwyn illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta cloth covers, dark brown title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, green illustrated end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Introduction pp 1-47, Rubáiyát over pp 49-125 (+ notes) carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with decorated title page, colour frontispiece with tissue guard plus 3 further full-page colour plates by Frank Brangwyn, Rubáiyát pages with decorative green border. Ink name inside with bookplate to verso and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. London: Sampson Low Marston & Company, Not Dated, Later Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated, appears circa 1920, hardback in red leather binding with gilt motif and titles to the front. The Brangwyn work comprises a frontispiece, three tipped in plates, title border and two additional border designs which adorn the quatrains; also endpaper designs, art is all clean and bright apart from end papers which are tanned. 135pp Approximately 8 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, slightly worn top and tail, sun faded. Joints good condition sound. Corners poor condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition red leather with gilt lettering and motif to the front with gilt lined border. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges lightly tanned with some foxing. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition illustrated, tanned. End papers good condition illustrated, heavily tanned and foxed. Title good condition black text framed with a b/w decorative border. Pages good condition coloured frontispiece together with 3 other illustrations, decorative borders around each verse, lightly tanned. Binding good condition tight and well preserved. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: Not Dated Binding: Hardback.…

hardcover. Condición: Very good. later edition. Illustrated by Philip Burne Jones. Light yellow cloth covers with gilt titles on top cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Spine a bit tanned. xxxviii [2] 221 pages. No dust jacket. Bleiler, 1978, p.137 (referencing the first English ed. of 1844). jN Historical fiction with fantastic elements / Magic and Witchcraft. Philip Burne Jones (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Bound in textured cloth with ornate gilt decoration to the front and spine. Boards with light marking. Spine scuffed to foot and bumped to head. Gilt to upper face of page block. Binding firm. Slight sunning to page margins. The odd very minor mark to the text, otherwise bright. No inscriptions. Numerous ornate plates and decorations by Granville Fell. An attractive copy. Further details available on request. (Ud3). …

First American edition of Morris's fine translation of the great French Romances. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. English textile designer, poet, artist and novelist William Morris was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he helped win acceptance of socialism in fin de sià cle Great Britain. He was best known in his lifetime as a poet, although he posthumously became better known for his designs. …