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Edwin Austin Abbey, Royal Academician; The Record of His Life and Work (2 volumes)
  $300.00
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Very Good+ (as usual, corners rubbed with boards showing, spine ends frayed, hinges sound, interior is very tight and clean), Edwin Austin Abbey, Lucas, E. V., Abbey, Edwin Austin, Methuen & Co., 1921, 1st, 10.5 inches, 8 inches, xxii, 519 pages, 200 black & white plates, Hardcover, cloth spine, English

This is the best book on Abbey: over five inches thick between two volumes and reproducing 200 Abbey illustrations. Written shortly after Abbey's death,...

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Edwin Austin Abbey, Royal Academician; The Record of His Life and Work (2 volumes)
  $375.00
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Very Good+ (as usual, corners rubbed with boards showing, however the hinges and binding are very sound, and the interior is very tight and clean), Edwin Austin Abbey, Lucas, E.V., Abbey, Edwin Austin, Methuen & Co., 1921, 1st, 10.5 inches, 8 inches, xxii, 519 pages, 200 black & white plates, Hardcover, leather, English

This is the best book on Abbey: over five inches thick between two volumes and reproducing 200 Abbey illustrations. Written shortly after Abbey's death,...

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Unfaded Pageant: Edwin Austin Abbey's Shakespearean Subjects
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Lucy Oakley, Edwin Austin Abbey, Oakley, Lucy, Abbey, Edwin Austin, Limited to 1500 copies, Near Fine (some rubbing at the bottom of the spine, flat, tight, clean), Columbia University, New York, 1994, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 104 pages, 9 color and 78 black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

From the Introduction by Allen Staley: In the 1870s, Abbey was an illustrator, not a painter, and as this exhibition demonstrates he remained an...

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Alastair: Illustrator Of Decadence
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Fine, Alastair, Arwas, Victor, Alastair, Thames & Hudson, 1979, 1st, 11 inches, 8 inches, 100 pages, 4 color and 92 black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

"A portrait of a fascinating and elusive personality who was a natural heir to the style and reputation of Aubrey Beardsley and whose work forms a link...

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The Art of Allen Anderson
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David Saunders, Allen Anderson, Saunders, David, Anderson, Allen, Limited to 900 copies, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Illustrated Press, Decatur, IL, 2019, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 224 pages, over 300 color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: This is the ultimate book on the work of pulp artist ALLEN ANDERSON. Known best for his covers for PLANET STORIES, DELL COMICS, spicy...

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The Art of Allen Anderson - Signed & Numbered Deluxe Edition
  $150.00
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David Saunders, Allen Anderson, Saunders, David, Anderson, Allen, One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Very Fine slipcase in original shrinkwrap, Illustrated Press, Decatur, IL, 2019, 1st, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 224 pages, over 300 color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The Deluxe Edition of the book, limited to just 100 copies signed and numbered by author David Saunders on a color illustrated plate, and presented in a red...

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The Art of Harry Anderson
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Harry Anderson, Anderson, Harry, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, St. Louis, MO, Illustrated Press, 2018, 1st, 9780999513811, 12, 9, 224, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This spectacular new  book explores the life and work of illustrator Harry Anderson. This volume is printed in full color throughout and features over...

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In Focus: Eugene Atget: Photographs From The J. Paul Getty Museum
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Eugene Atget, VF, Atget, Eugene, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2000, 1st, French wraps, English

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Droll Stories By Balzac (2 Volumes) (Signed By The Publishers & Numbered)
  $95.00
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Ralph Barton, #101 of 2050 copies published for subscribers only and SIGNED by the publishers Boni & Liveright, VG (papered corners worn through to boards, two small tears to spine cloth), internally VG+, Balzac, Honore, Barton, Ralph, Boni & Liveright, 1928, 1st, cloth spine, textured decorative paper over boards

Lovely bawdy illustrations by the famed caricaturist. Complete in two volumes. #101 of 2050 copies published for subscribers only and signed by the...

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The Illustration Collector #38A
  $25.00
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Very Fine, Walter Baumhofer, Baumhofer, Walter, Illustration House, 1998, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 12 pages, 39 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

A nice cross-section of his work including quite a few romantic scenes a la Sundblom or Whitmore. 39 pieces fully described (with prices) and reproduced...

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Belarski - Pulp Art Masters - From the Estate of Dave Stevens
  $60.00
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John Gunnison, Rudolph Belarski, Gunnison, John, Belarski, Rudolph, Fine, Adventure House, Silver Spring, MD, 2003, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 112 pages, color, softcover, French wraps, English

A collection of nearly 350 pulp covers by Belarski. This book is from the estate of Dave Stevens (1955-2008) artist and creator of The Rocketeer....

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Tom Benton and His Drawings
Tom Benton and His Drawings (Pres Romanillos' personal copy)
  $90.00
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Signed by Pres Romanillos, Very Fine/Fine, Thomas Hart Benton, Marling, Karal Ann, Benton, Thomas Hart, University of Missouri Press, 1985, 1st, 0826204074, Hardcover, cloth, English

This was Disney and Dreamworks animator Pres Romanillos' personal copy with his ownership signature on the title page. This book has 203 drawing...

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Oscar E. Berninghaus, Taos, New Mexico: Master Painter Of American Indians And The Frontier West (Signed By The Author)
  $100.00
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Oscar E. Berninghaus, Signed by the author Gordon E. Sanders, VF/VF, Sanders, Gordon E., Berninghaus, Oscar E., Taos Heritage Publishing Co., 1985, 1st, cloth

"Oscar Edmund Berninghaus was a major American painter. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1874, he first came to Taos in the Territory of New Mexico in 1899....

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The Art of Mahlon Blaine - S&N Hardcover
  $125.00
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Gershon Legman, Mahlon Blaine, Legman, Gershon, Blaine, Mahlon, #18 of 100 hardcover copies signed by contributors Legman, Trenary, and Arrington. "This special hardbound edition is limited to 125 copies, of which 100 are for sale.", Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Peregrine Books, Lansing, MI, 1982, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 104 pages, 8 color plates, over 70 illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

This is #18 of 100 hardcover copies signed by contributors Legman, Trenary, and Arrington. ("This special hardbound edition is limited to 125 copies, of...

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Syntheses Literaires et Extra-Litteraires
  $15.00
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Gus Bofa, Bofa, Gus, Very Fine in publisher's shrinkwrap, Cornelius, Paris, 2003, 1st, 6.5 inches, 5.75 inches, 128 pages, 40 color and 15 black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, French

Syntheses Litteraires was originally published in 1923. A collection of witty full color portraits of famous authors including Zola, Schopenhauer,...

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The Art of Chesley Bonestell
The Art of Chesley Bonestell
  $200.00
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Chesley Bonestell, Miller, Frederick C. Durant III, Ron, Bonestell, Chesley, Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket (only light shelfwear), London, Paper Tiger, 2001, 1st, 1855858843, 12 inches, 9.25 inches, 256 pages, over 300 color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

This is the ultimate book on Bonestell. The number and quality of reproductions makes this the one to have. A complete biography and career retrospective,...

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The Golden Era Of The Missions 1769-1834
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Chesley Bonestell, VG+ (shelfworn), Johnson, Paul, Bonestell, Chesley, Chronicle, 1974, 1st, wraps

Creating a painting of each of the twenty-one California missions was a passion of Bonestell's. This book reproduces all 22 paintings as full-page color...

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Franklin Booth: American Illustrator
  $175.00
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Manuel Auad, Franklin Booth, Auad, Manuel, Booth, Franklin, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, San Francisco, Auad, 2006, 1st, 0966938143, 11.5 inches, 8.9 inches, 128 pages, 16 color and 132 black & white illustrations, hardcover, boards, English

One of the three major collections of artwork by this pen & ink master. All three are out-of-print. "In this richly illustrated volume featuring much...

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Will Bradley: His Graphic Art
  $25.00
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Will Bradley, NF, Hornung, Clarence P, Bradley, Will, Dover, 1974, wraps

A collection of his posters, illustrations, typographic designs, and decorations.

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Frank Brangwyn: Stained Glass, A Catalogue Raisonne (DVD & Book)
  $70.00
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Very Fine, Frank Brangwyn, Brangwyn, Frank, Libby Horner, 2010, 1st, Softcover, wraps, English

A bundle of book and DVD together.   "This is the first time a Catalogue Raisonne has been produced as a DVD - a unique concept and destined to...

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The Book Of Bridges (Signed By Art Director Lyle Wheeler)
  $120.00
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Frank Brangwyn, GWTW art director Lyle Wheeler's copy. Signed by him on the half-title page and his unique blind stamp in the lower corner of the plates, Rebacked retaining the original cloth covers and spine. New endpapers. Text block VG., Brangwyn and Walter Shaw Sparrow, Frank, Brangwyn, Frank, John Lane, 1915, 3rd 1925, decorative cloth

This was Gone With the Wind art director Lyle Wheeler's copy. Signed by Lyle Wheeler on the half-title page, with his unique blind stamp in the lower...

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The Bridge
  $40.00
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Frank Brangwyn, VG+ (Previous owner's name on front free end paper), Brangwyn and Christian Barman, Frank, Brangwyn, Frank, John Lane/Dodd Mead, 1926, 1st, cloth

This book collecting 22 pen drawings and 24 watercolor paintings of bridges all over Europe and as far as the Middle East and Russia. This is subtitled "A...

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The Bridge
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Frank Brangwyn, VG+ (some fraying to top of spine, Previous owner's name on front free end paper), Brangwyn and Christian Barman, Frank, Brangwyn, Frank, John Lane/Dodd Mead, 1926, 1st, cloth

This book collecting 22 pen drawings and 24 watercolor paintings of bridges all over Europe and as far as the Middle East and Russia. This is subtitled "A...

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The British Empire Panels Designed For The House Of Lords By Frank Brangwyn, R.A.
  $175.00
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Frank Brangwyn, Limited to 1000 copies, VG+ (1/4 inch tear at the top of the spine, cloth frayed at bottom edge of spine, corners sharp, very sound), Rutter, Frank, Brangwyn, Frank, F. Lewis, 1933, 1st, cloth

This beautiful monograph is devoted to Brangwyn's most famous mural commission begun in 1925 and completed in 1932 ("The huge British Empire Panels are...

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The British Empire Panels Designed For The House Of Lords By Frank Brangwyn, R.A.
  $200.00
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Frank Brangwyn, Limited to 1000 copies, NF (very bright, clean,, Rutter, Frank, Brangwyn, Frank, F. Lewis, 1933, 1st, cloth

This beautiful monograph is devoted to Brangwyn's most famous mural commission begun in 1925 and completed in 1932 ("The huge British Empire Panels are...

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The Decorative Art Of Frank Brangwyn
  $150.00
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Frank Brangwyn, VG+/VG (Previous owner's name on front end paper, dustjacket missing a piece at the spine tail), Furst, Herbert, Brangwyn, Frank, Dodd Mead, 1924, 1st, cloth

This volume focuses on Brangwyn's mural paintings with analyses of over a dozen commissions including Brangwyn's own comments. Very scarce in dustjacket.

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The Etchings Of Frank Brangwyn, R.A.
  $325.00
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VG+/VG+ dustjacket (corners rubbed, boards showing, hinges cracked, otherwise covers quite clean & bright, binding tight, pages Fine, dustjacket spine torn with a small piece missing). An impressive copy. Rare with the Dustjacket, Frank Brangwyn, Gaunt, William, Brangwyn, Frank, The Studio, 1926, 1st, Hardcover, vellum spine, top edge gilt

A complete illustrated catalogue raisonné of Brangwyn's etchings completed between 1900 and 1926. Each of the 331 etchings is reproduced in...

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The Etchings Of Frank Brangwyn, R.A.
  $175.00
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VG (vellum torn at the top & bottom of the spine, boards shelfworn, upper corners bumped and pages lightly creased from bump, hinges starting, covers & pages clean, binding sound), Frank Brangwyn, Gaunt, William, Brangwyn, Frank, The Studio, 1926, 1st, Hardcover, vellum spine, top edge gilt, English

A complete illustrated catalogue raisonné of Brangwyn's etchings completed between 1900 and 1926. Each of the 331 etchings is reproduced in...

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The Way Of The Cross
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Frank Brangwyn, Limited to 700 numbered copies, Very Fine/Very Fine, Brangwyn, Frank, Auad, 2009, 1st, 11 inches, 14 inches, English

Brangwyn's depiction of the 14 stations of the cross, finely printed on 14 letterpress sheets. From the publisher's announcement: Auad Publishing is...

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The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage: Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art (Slipcased Limited Edition)
The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage: Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art (Slipcased Limited Edition)
  $125.00
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Limited to 500 deluxe copies. Slipcased Hardcover Edition featuring a 16-page bonus folio and an alternate cover., Very Fine in a Very Fine slipcase, Margaret Brundage, Korshak, J. David Spurlock, Stephen, Brundage, Margaret, Vanguard Productions, 2013, 1st, 9781934331514, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This Slipcased Hardcover Edition is limited to only 500 copies and features an alternate cover and a 16-page bonus folio not included in the regular...

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Adventurous World of Zdenek Burian (Dobrodruzný svet Zdenka Buriana)
  $240.00
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Betty, Zdenek Burian, Betty, Burian, Zdenek, Very Fine in Very Fine obi band, Albatros Media, Prague, 2016, 1st, 13.3 inches, 10 inches, 416 pages, over 420 color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial cloth, Czech

The renown Czech artist Zdenek Burian is best known internationally for his paintings of dinosaurs, extinct mammals and prehistoric man, but his...

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The Wonderful World of Zdenek Burian (Podivuhodný svet Zdenka Buriana)
  $240.00
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Zdenek Burian, Burian, Zdenek, Very Fine in Very Fine obi band, Albatros Media, Prague, 2018, 1st, 13.3 inches, 10 inches, 472 pages, over 450 color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial cloth, Czech

A follow-up to the book "Adventurous World of Zdenek Burian," this volume collects over 450 of Zdenek Burian's exceptional illustrations for Czech...

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Art From The Mayans To Disney
  $30.00
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Very Good/Very Good- (Previous owner's name on front free end paper, dustjacket edgeworn), Jean Charlot, Charlot, Jean, Sheed & Ward, 1939, 1st, 7 inches, 4.5 inches, 285 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

“Two sets of experiences have gone to the making of this book. First, Jean Charlot is an artist himself which gives him, in Mark Twain’s simile,...

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Charlot Murals In Georgia
  $75.00
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Jean Charlot, Limited to 2500 copies, VG+/VG- (3" triangular piece missing from dustjacket front panel), Charlot, Jean, University of Georgia Press, 1945, 1st, cloth

Jean Charlot (1897 - 1979) learned mural painting in the 1920s under Diego Rivera and created some 75 murals over his lifetime. He painted three large...

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Popular Art: The Example Of Jean Charlot
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Limited to 5000 copies each with an original silkscreen print bound in, Near Fine (remainder mark on bottom edge), Jean Charlot, Morse, Peter, Charlot, Jean, Capra Press, 1978, 1st, 8.5 inches, 5.5 inches, 64 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

"The pre-eminent medium of popular art is the print, which can bring knowledge, pleasure and new values to millions of people never reached by the museum or...

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Legends Of The City Of Mexico
  $45.00
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Walter Appleton Clark, VG+, Janvier, Thomas A, Clark, Walter Appleton, Harper & Bros., 1910, Reprint, cloth, English

"These legends of the City of Mexico are of my finding, not of my making. They are genuine folk-stories. Each one of them is a true folk-growth from some...

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Joseph Clement Coll: the Art of Adventure - Limited Hardcover
  $100.00
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John Fleskes, Joseph Clement Coll, Fleskes, John, Coll, Joseph Clement, The hardbound edition limited to 800 copies, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, Flesk, Santa Cruz, CA, 2003, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 168 pages, over 220 illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

The second monograph devoted to the art of pen & ink master Joseph Clement Coll. Over 220 illustrations. Out of print in softcover and hardcover. This...

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Nemo #16
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Joseph Clement Coll, VF, Coll, Joseph Clement, Fantagraphics, 1985, 1st, wraps

Joseph Clement Coll. Herriman's Baron Bean. Corto Maltese.

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Hollywood on Main Street: The Movie House Paintings of Davis Cone
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Davis Cone, Cone, Davis, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear on spine of book and dustjacket), Overstock Press, New York, 1988, 9780879513214, 10.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 128 pages, 50 color and 20 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Illustrated in full color, Hollywood on Main Street is a celebration and examination of that American cultural icon, the movie house. More than 50 color...

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Marvin D. Cone: An American Tradition
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Marvin D. Cone, VF/VF, Czestochowski, Joseph S, Cone, Marvin D., Dutton, 1985, 1st, cloth

"Marvin Cone did not fit the popular conception of an artist; neither did he share a sense of mission about regionalism. He was highly respected by his...

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Dean Cornwell: Dean Of Illustrators
  $400.00
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Dean Cornwell, VF/VF. An amazingly pristine copy, Broder, Patricia Janis, Cornwell, Dean, Balance House/Watson-Guptill, 1978, 1st, cloth

A mint copy of the original edition of this great book on this American illustrator and muralist.

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Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators
  $120.00
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Patricia Janis Broder, Dean Cornwell, Broder, Patricia Janis, Cornwell, Dean, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (previous owner's name written small on the front free endpaper and lined out in black marker, light shelfwear, small tears at the head of the dustjacket spine), Collectors Press, Portland, OR, 2000, 1st thus, 10.75 inches, 11.75 inches, 240 pages, 63 color plates, 236 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

From the dustjacket: "Dean Cornwell, in his magazine and book illustrations, posters, calendar art, and advertising art recaptured decade by decade the...

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Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators
  $100.00
Patricia Janis Broder, Dean Cornwell, Broder, Patricia Janis, Cornwell, Dean, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (light shelfwear, long closed tear along the dustjacket spine), Collectors Press, Portland, OR, 2000, 1st thus, 10.75 inches, 11.75 inches, 240 pages, 63 color plates, 236 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

This is the 2000 reprint of the original 1978 edition. Rprinted from the original printing plates, the reproduction is nearly identical. A great book and...

Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators
  $175.00
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Patricia Janis Broder, Dean Cornwell, Broder, Patricia Janis, Cornwell, Dean, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Collectors Press, Portland, OR, 2000, 1st thus, 10.75 inches, 11.75 inches, 240 pages, 63 color plates, 236 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Dean Cornwell (1892 – 1960) was an American illustrator and muralist. His oil paintings were frequently featured in such popular magazines as Redbook,...

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Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators (1978 Edition)
  $225.00
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Near Fine/Near Fine (only slight shelfwear, a very attractive copy. There is a small, neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper.), Dean Cornwell, Broder, Patricia Janis, Cornwell, Dean, Balance House/Watson-Guptill, 1978, 1st, 10.75 inches, 11.75 inches, 240 pages, 63 color plates, 236 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

The original edition of this great book on this American illustrator & muralist. "Dean Cornwell, in his magazine and book illustrations, posters,...

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The Art of Dean Cornwell - Signed & Numbered Special Edition
  $395.00
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Dan Zimmer, Dean Cornwell, Zimmer, Dan, Cornwell, Dean, #85 to 100 numbered copies signed by the author and slipcased, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Very Fine slipcase, Illustrated Press, St. Louis, 2016, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 224 pages, over 260 color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This sought-after book has sold out two printings. This is a Mint still-in-the-shrinkwrap copy of the Special Edition. The book is signed and numbered by...

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The City of the Great King, and Other Places in the Holy Land
  $45.00
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William Lyon Phelps, Dean Cornwell, Phelps, William Lyon, Cornwell, Dean, Very Good (lower corners bumped and worn, upper corners worn, boards showing at all four corners, spine cloth and interior sound, 1926 gift inscription), Cosmopolitan, New York, 1926, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9 inches, 116 pages, 12 color plates, hardcover, cloth spine, English

A travelogue of the Holy Land illustrated with twelve color plates reproducing paintings by Dean Cornwell. Originally serialized in Good Housekeeping...

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Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures
  $300.00
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Miguel Covarrubias, VG+/NF (upper right corners of the book are badly bumped otherwise the book is clean and very sound), Cox and Denna Jones Anderson, Beverly J., Covarrubias, Miguel, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1985, 1st, cloth

From the collection of Disney animator Ollie Johnson. A monograph devoted to Covarrubias' caricature work. Produced for an exhibition by the National...

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