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Biddle, George.
George Biddle's War Drawings
New York, Hyperion Press,
1944, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Biddle covered the Mediterranean Campaigns in WWII (North Africa, Sicily and Italy), accompaning fighting forces to the front for eight months. This pictorial war diary, contains 12 full color plates, and about 100 black and white drawings, with captions by the artist. George Biddle 1885-1973, American painter and writer on art. He studied abroad, then settled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., (1930's) devoting himself to paintings of social import. During World War II he served as chairman of the War Dept. Art Commission and later held important offices in several national artists' organizations. Biddle painted the frescoes for the Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, D.C; his major works include Mother and Child (Denver Art Mus.) and Winter in Tortilla Flat (Whitney Mus., New York City). He is the author of the autobiographical An American Artist's Story (1939), Artist at War (1944), Yes and No of Contemporary Art (1957), and Tahitian Journals (1968). Grey pattern boards and spine, red lettering to spine, color illustration to board. DJ not price clipped, same pattern, mild rubbing of edges, few closed tears, upper spine end chipped. Overall very good, in protective brodart mylar. Clean, no markings, tightly bound. Vivid color. oblong sm 8vo, 78pp
(George, Biddle, Painter, American, Painters, War, Painters, World, War, Ii, Drawings, Wwii, Drawings, World, War, Ii, Artists, First, Edition, Art) Cat No. 2296.
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Biddle, George.
George Biddle's War Drawings
New York, Hyperion Press,
1944, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Biddle covered the Mediterranean Campaigns in WWII (North Africa, Sicily and Italy), accompaning fighting forces to the front for eight months. This pictorial war diary, contains 12 full color plates, and about 100 black and white drawings, with captions by the artist. George Biddle 1885-1973, American painter and writer on art. He studied abroad, then settled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., (1930's) devoting himself to paintings of social import. During World War II he served as chairman of the War Dept. Art Commission and later held important offices in several national artists' organizations. Biddle painted the frescoes for the Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, D.C; his major works include Mother and Child (Denver Art Mus.) and Winter in Tortilla Flat (Whitney Mus., New York City). He is the author of the autobiographical An American Artist's Story (1939), Artist at War (1944), Yes and No of Contemporary Art (1957), and Tahitian Journals (1968). Grey pattern boards and spine, red lettering to spine, color illustration to board. DJ not price clipped, same pattern, mild rubbing of edges, few closed tears, upper spine end chipped. Overall very good, in protective brodart mylar. Clean, no markings, tightly bound. Vivid color. oblong sm 8vo, 78pp
(George, Biddle, Painter, American, Painters, War, Painters, World, War, Ii, Drawings, Wwii, Drawings, World, War, Ii, Artists, First, Edition, Art) Cat No. 2296.
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Biddle, George.
George Biddle's War Drawings
New York, Hyperion Press,
1944, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Biddle covered the Mediterranean Campaigns in WWII (North Africa, Sicily and Italy), accompaning fighting forces to the front for eight months. This pictorial war diary, contains 12 full color plates, and about 100 black and white drawings, with captions by the artist. George Biddle 1885-1973, American painter and writer on art. He studied abroad, then settled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., (1930's) devoting himself to paintings of social import. During World War II he served as chairman of the War Dept. Art Commission and later held important offices in several national artists' organizations. Biddle painted the frescoes for the Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, D.C; his major works include Mother and Child (Denver Art Mus.) and Winter in Tortilla Flat (Whitney Mus., New York City). He is the author of the autobiographical An American Artist's Story (1939), Artist at War (1944), Yes and No of Contemporary Art (1957), and Tahitian Journals (1968). Grey pattern boards and spine, red lettering to spine, color illustration to board. DJ not price clipped, same pattern, mild rubbing of edges, few closed tears, upper spine end chipped. Overall very good, in protective brodart mylar. Clean, no markings, tightly bound. Vivid color. oblong sm 8vo, 78pp
(George, Biddle, Painter, American, Painters, War, Painters, World, War, Ii, Drawings, Wwii, Drawings, World, War, Ii, Artists, First, Edition, Art) Cat No. 2296.
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Shakespeare, William.
The Comedies and Tragedies of Shakespeare, in Four Volumes; Complete and Unabridged
New York, Random House,
1944, First Edition thus ed, Slipcase,
illus: Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell, Condition: Very Good, Beautifully illustrated by Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell, with notes and glossary, biographical sketch on each artist. Volume I & II, Tragedies (closed tear lower edge page 603 vol. II), 1266 pp, illustrated by Chappell. Vol. I & II, Comedies, 1101 pp, illustrated by Kredel. Bound in green cloth boards, blind stamped front board, red title panel to spine, gilt lettering. All volumes, clean white text, no markings, solidly bound. In green wornd slipcase, solidly bound, closed tear to upper edge front, wrap around title plate. Shelfworn, however, clean and solid. Very nice unabridged collection of Shakespeare.
(Comedies, And Tragedies, Of, Shakespeare, Illustrated, English, Literature, Complete, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Illustrated, Shakespeare, Unabridged, Othello, King, Lear, Hamlet) Cat No. 2297.
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Shakespeare, William.
The Comedies and Tragedies of Shakespeare, in Four Volumes; Complete and Unabridged
New York, Random House,
1944, First Edition thus ed, Slipcase,
illus: Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell, Condition: Very Good, Beautifully illustrated by Fritz Kredel and Warren Chappell, with notes and glossary, biographical sketch on each artist. Volume I & II, Tragedies (closed tear lower edge page 603 vol. II), 1266 pp, illustrated by Chappell. Vol. I & II, Comedies, 1101 pp, illustrated by Kredel. Bound in green cloth boards, blind stamped front board, red title panel to spine, gilt lettering. All volumes, clean white text, no markings, solidly bound. In green wornd slipcase, solidly bound, closed tear to upper edge front, wrap around title plate. Shelfworn, however, clean and solid. Very nice unabridged collection of Shakespeare.
(Comedies, And Tragedies, Of, Shakespeare, Illustrated, English, Literature, Complete, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Illustrated, Shakespeare, Unabridged, Othello, King, Lear, Hamlet) Cat No. 2297.
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