Chas Strong (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. soft covers, in fine condition. stored in box 1001. well illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New and enlarged edition. Black cloth gilt. Hinges somewhat loose, edge and corner wear, gilt dulled. Dates written to ffep. Color and b/w illustrations. ; Oblong quarto.

Chas. J. Strong and L. S. Strong. Strong's Book of Design: A Masterpiece by a Master (In Colors). Cincinnati: Signs of the Times Publishing. Reprint edition. Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated with photos. Publisher's black cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. . Toning to endleaves. Very good.

Cabinet card [8 1/2" x 5 1/4"]. Dark gray mount with ornamental borders. Chas. E. Strong backstamp. The scene depicted is of four women and a child posing behind a rustic wooden fence and in front of a brick house surrounded by trees. Very good, with moderate edge wear.

Greeny/Brown Cloth. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. New and Enlarged Edition. Comprising new ideas and designs of every conceivable sort of interest to the sign painter, card writer and commercial artist, including air brush designs, posters, show cards, business cards, letter heads, sign ends, ribbons, scrolls, panels, book covers, hanging signs, also thirty pages of ornamental work in color and numerous alphabets. Pages not numbered, black & white and colour images, no foxing or other marks to the pages, front hinge just starting to crack, greeny/brown cloth, black lettering to spine and upper board, some marks to boards. Size: 8 x 10.5 Inches. Design. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Oblong octavo. Bound in black cloth. Edges worn with small chips to cloth along spine; corner of front fly leaf clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. The rest of the subtitle reads: "Comprising New Ideas and Designs of Every Conceivable Sort of Interest to the Sign Painter, Card Writer and Commercial Artist Including Air Brush Designs, Posters, Show Cards, Business Cards, Letter Heads, Sign Ends, Ribbons, Scrolls, Panels, Book Covers, Hanging Signs, also Thirty Pages of Ornamental Work in Color, and Numerous Alphabets." Wonderful Art Nouveau designs on every page. Over-sized hardbound (quarto in an oblong format). Very nice condition. No wear to the binding. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket as issued. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Detroit, Detroit School of Lettering, 1910. Oblong quarto, [90] leaves (printed rectos only) of designs and commercial art, with 10 leaves in monochrome and 25 in two or more colours. Black textured cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; cloth slightly worn at the extremities, with a small amount of white paint at the head of the front joint; rear hinge pulled a little, but sound; tears to (mainly the bottom) edges of about 30 leaves, with eight of those tears above a centimetre long now expertly sealed; minor loss to the top edge of one leaf; a few other mild signs of age and use; a very good copy. The lengthy subtitle is worth quoting in full: 'A bewildering collection of Modern Ornamental art bristling with new and up-to-date ideas and designs of every conceivable nature. An invaluable art gem especially adapted to the requirements of the Sign Painter, Show Card Writer and Commercial Artist. Containing in all, air brush designs, show cards, business cards, letter heads, sign ends, ribbons, scrolls, panels, book covers, hanging signs, theatrical designs. Also thirty-three pages of ornamental work (in colors) along with nine brand new alphabets'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardcover with no dust jacket. foxing along edges and on inside pages. shelf wear on spine. page edges are darkened due to exposure.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, "Copyright 1910, Detroit School of Lettering, Detroit, Mich." to the title page. Oblong format. Very gently read. Page numbers appear to be hand written in fountain pen. Previous owner's neat name and address and two tiny ink droplets to the ffep. Odd finger smudge and light soling to show, otherwise the interior is clean and free of any writing. Last two pages have neatly pulled away just at the staples at the spine but are still firmly attached. Black leatherette boards (hardcover) are lightly bumped and rubbed to extremities, minor shelfwear to show. 1.5cm x 1cm dark stain near the fore-edge of the front board. Bright gilt titles over a blindstamped "label" to the upper front board. Fabulous assortment of colour and B & W illustrations regarding scrolls, panels, air brush design, letter head, book covers, nine new alphabets, etc. etc. The senior Strong founded the Detroit School of Lettering. By the Author (illustrator).…

Pebbled Boards. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Wonderful 1910 book of designs, created by Chas. and L.S. Strong, the founder and president respectively of The Detroit School of Lettering. Beautifully illustrated throughout along each recto, in vivid color and crisp black-and-white. A tight, VG+ copy in its dark, bevelled boards, with bright gilt-titling at the front panel. An oblong quarto, 2 elegant "Detroit School of Lettering" ads at the rear. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book measures 27x20.5.cm. 83 plates, of which 28 are colored. Bound in original publishers mottled black hardcover, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, plates clean. A very nice copy. Size: Oblong 8vo.