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Friedenthal, Richard; Translated By Daphne Woodward.
Letters of the Great Artists from ( William ) Blake to Pollock from Ghiberti to Gainsborough, Volumes I & II
New York, Random House,
1963, Slipcase,
Condition: Fine, Fascinating insight into the most personal viewpoints of these great artists. Volume one begins with the Early and High Renaissance, from Ghiberti to Durer; Late Renaissance, Michelangelo to Niclaus Manuel Deutsch; 17th Century, Lodovico Carracci to Sir John Vanbrugh; 18th Century, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo to Gainsborough, 159 plates, 51 in color. As communications spread further and further artist began to exchange drawings with one and other. The letters reflect the dependence of the artist on "the patron," the employer, whether this was a prince or a religious community. How art grew into a business. Volume II covers the 19th through 20th centuries: Blake to Constable; Ingres to Manet; Kandinsky to Pollock. In this volume the chief stress has been laid on the artists' personal utterances, in an attempt to bring out the highly important influence of experiences they went through in life. In the early 19th century the artist became his own master, which previously had been the case only with the rare, outstanding genius. 152 plates, 59 in color. Bright red cloth boards and spine, blue title panels and bright gilt to spines. Slipcase glossy picture illustrations, mild rubbing of edges. Books "Fine." Clean white text. tall 8vo, each 287pp
(Pollock, Letters, William, Blake, Letters, Letters, Of, Great, Artists, Painters, Kadinsky, Letters, Of, Michelangelo, Art, History) Cat No. 2264.
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35.00
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Styron, William.
Lie Down In Darkness
New York, Bobbs Merrill Company,
1951, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Mint, Jacket: Mint, Facsimile of the First Edition. Mint condition. Styron made his stunning debut at the age of twenty-six with this novel and it earned him the American Academy’s Prix de Rome. During the time frame of the bombing of Hiroshima this novel charts the tragic descent into suicide of a young woman raised in a troubled Virginia family. Brown publishers cloth, gilt lettering. DJ not price clipped, blue pictorial. In Mint unread condition. First Edition. 8 vo, 400 pages. In protective brodart mylar covering.
(Styron, First, Novel, Lie, Down, In Darkness, First, Edition, American, Novelists, Southern, Novelists, Modern, First, Editions, American, Novelists, First, Book, Suicide, Novels, Of, The South) Cat No. 1878.
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65.00
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Smedley, William Thomas, Text Boy A.V.S. Anthony.
Life and Character
New York, Harper & Bros,
1899, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: William Thomas Smedley, Condition: Very Good, William Thomas Smedley, (1858-1920), West Chester, Pa. Educated at Pennsylvannia Academy of Fine Arts, studied in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens. His early career in the 1880's began as a pen and ink artist for Harper and Brothers. Once half tone engraving was introduced he changed to gouach. As a freelance artists he contributed the major magazines of the day; Scribner's. Harpers's and The Ladies Home Journal. This book is comprised of 55 plates with accompanying text, a wonderful representation of 19th century illustration, and life. Illustrations are full page, such as: A Nor'easter at Asbury Park; Fifth Avenue New York; A Plantation Christmas "Fore de War"; Art Students; Pet Dogs at te Doorway of an English Shop; Morro Castle; The Street Crossing Sweeper. Frontispiece portrait of Smedley. Photography of Smedley in his country studio, rear photograph of the exterior. Green cloth boards and spine, Ornately decorated gilt title panel to front board. Mild darkening of spine, few soil spots. Interior clean no incriptions, text and plates very clean. Binding solid. 4 to, 120 pp
(Thomas, Smedley, Illustrator, 19th, Century, American, Illustrators, Illustrators, Scribner's, Magazine, Ladies, Home, Journal, Illustrators, Harper's, Illustrators, First, Edition, Antique, Books) Cat No. 2889.
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80.00
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Livingstone, David ; J.E. Chambliss.
The Life and Labors of David Livingstone Covering His Entire Career in Southern and Central Africa
Philadelphia, Hubbard Brothers,
1875, First Edition ed, Full Leather,
Condition: Very Good, From the most authentic sources, viz: his own two large volumes (Livingstone) "South Africa" and "The Zambesi Expedition", his "Last Journals", the reports of the London Geographical Society, the works of his contemporaries, etc. Livingstone's early life, preparation for his life-work, sketches of Africa, pre-exploration. Illustrated with 109 drawings, fold out map in color to rear, of the whole region explored and routes, based on Livingstone's observations, surveys and sketches 1840-1873. His discovery by H.M. Stanley, his lonely death, etc. Frontispiece of Livingstone. Bound in full calf, black title panel with gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing of edges & spine ends, two darkend areas to spine. Marbled e.p. & page edge. Previous owners name blind stamped to upper edge s.p. Fold out map clean, closed edge tear, folding line pitted, very readable. Tight & clean. Rear hinge starting. In protective polyester wrap. Nice solid volume of this extensive work. Digitals upon request. 8 vo, 805 pgs. First Edition
(Dr., David, Livingstone, African, Exploration, Explorers, Africa, Antique, Books, Leather, Bound, Books, African, History, African, Tribes, African, Missionaries, Slavery, African, Villages, Eary, African, Expeditions) Cat No. 1137.
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72.50
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Grimm, Herman; Translated By Adams, Sarah Holland.
Life and Times of Goethe
Boston, Little Brown & Company,
1881, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, and natural philosopher, one of the greatest figures in Western literature. Goethe portrait, frontispiece. Dedicated to Ralph Waldo Emerson friend of author and translator. A series of lectures on Goethe's life, development, influences. From his early days and study of lae in Leipsic, his early and most important influence from Herder through to his writing of "Faust". Chronological table to rear, plus index. Brown cloth boards and spine, elaborate gilt design to upper edge spine and front board, gilt lettering. Corners rubbed, head and tail of spine rubbed and frayed, hinges cracked. Rear board random cloth bubbles and mild stains. Private library plate to front pastedown, lower page edges and gutter mildly damp stained. Text clean and clear, lightly toned. Solidly bound. 8 vo, 559 pp
(Life, And Times, German, Literature, 19th, Century, German, Literature, Goethe, Biography, Herder, And Goethe, Herman, Grimm, Writer, Goethe, And Schiller, Goethe's, Seclusion) Cat No. 2770.
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20.00
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