Bks On Bks/illustrator
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Cover designed by Margaret Armstrong. G
Baskin's illustrated essays are his homage to the artists for whom he feels not only kinship but a deep and singular dedication. These are his companions, his exemplars in the lonely agony of creation, and each portrait seemingly imbues him with the attributes of his subject. Written in a style as complex and idiosyncratic as his art, the essays offer Baskin's insights into the spirit and passion of figures from Rembrandt to Eakins, Anne Allen to Paula Modersohn Becker. Though technical details, biographical facts, and quotes from authorities are included, the book is an intense and essentially personal celebration of creativity at times so strangely religious that it might best be described as a book of devotions. Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum Lib., New York (Library Journal, 1988)
1st U.S. edition; dust jacket lightly soiled; spine lightly faded; red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; edges slightly faded; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/G+
University of California Press, 1986. First edition. New edition of the Pennyroyal Press Master Richard's Bestiary of Love, translated by Jeanette Beer and illustrated by Barry Moser; first published English translation; dust jacket in protective cover; price clipped; small closed tear on front cover; beige cloth with gilt lettering on spine; former owner's signature in ink on ffep; text clean and bright; binding tight. VG/G+
1st edition; signed and dated on ffep by Boris Arzybasheff; dust jacket protected; edges lightly worn; spine rubbed and toned; gray cloth covers faded; binding good; text clean. G+/G-
Willie Morris, celebrated author, and Barry Moser, distinguished artist, celebrate children's baseball in a story about the boys and girls, and their families, friends, and fans, who gather for the first game of the season.
Limited edition, one of 300 copies, signed by both author and illustrator. Original publisher's shrink wrap and slipcase - never opened. Fine/Like New.
1st edition; translated from Old Icelandic by Ralph B. Allen, illustrated by Rockwell Kent; dust jacket in protective cover edges chipped and torn in places; light gray cloth with embossed illustration in black; black lettering on spine; binding tight; text and illustrations clean and bright. G+/G-
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1934. Limited deluxe edition, #328 of 410, Signed and illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 4 full color plates and 4 full-page b&w plates, plus incidentals. 8vo, 45p., bound in limp gilt vellum with an archivally reinforced slipcase. VG/G+
This autobiography of American artist Rockwell Kent focuses on the period from 1928 to 1939, when he lived in Au Sable Forks, New York, in the Adirondacks.
1st edition; dust jacket in protective cover; top edge of spine and part of front cover missing; edges worn and chipped; rear cover has small holes, creases, and scuffs; most of rear flap missing; white cloth with navy blue decoration and lettering on cover and lettering on spine; spine and edges foxed; endpapers tanned; former owner's name in ink on front pastedown; binding good; text clean. G/G-