Connell Will, Signed (9 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Will Connell (Photographs) (illustrator). Lightly bumped and rubbed, a bit soiled. Inscribed by Conway on the front free end paper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Will Connell (illustrator). In good condition; light soiling and scuffing to boards; tilt to spine; moderate toning to outside edges of book; paper split at gutter between front end paper and front free end paper without harm to binding, as is same for back; clean interior pages; binding sound. INSCRIBED by photographer on title page. Orange cloth boards with gray stamped lettering on front board and spine. 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. Inv. PA25018. Connell (1898-1961) was a self-taught photographer who operated a studio in downtown Los Angeles and worked for clients such as Life, Sunset, Time, U.S. Camera and Vogue. Inscribed by Author(s).

Grey & Red Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Hiatt, Julian & Connell, Will - Photos (illustrator). 6th Printing. Grey & Red Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 6th Printing. Hardback. Signed by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 336 pages, plus a 7 p. index; 88 black-and-white photo plates, and a color frontispiece; from the first chapter: ".to secure the full expressiveness of flowers, one must blend the ideas behind the art of the Orient with those of the Occident, for best effect neither the meticulous effort of the Japanese nor the carelessness of the Westerner will suffice.Though the East has contributed more than the West to the increasingly popular art of flower arrangement, it is only within the past few decades that the Eastern influence, important as it is now becoming, has received recognition in the Western hemisphere." Book condition:: Book owners name & address in ink, is on top of pre-title page; author signs on the front fly with a note to the book owners; there is a streak of foxing on the inner hinges of both endpapers, and two spots where the paper hinge cover is cracked. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to. Spiral bound wrappers. 48 b/w gravure reproductions. 105 pp. Text by Nunnaly Johnson, Patterson McNutt, Gene Fowler, and Grover Jones. Front cover detached, but a very attractive, quite crisp copy. Briefly inscribed on the title page by Connell. Quite scarce. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 64pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Modest rubbing and marker bleed-through on the half-title, else fine in a rubbed, very good dust jacket, with chips and a few small tears along the edges, and a tiny stain on the front cover near the spine. Inscribed by Will Connell on the title page: "For Naomi- I think you're kinda nice too. Will Connell.".

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed. Spiral-bound cover shows minor wear and tear, tanning. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Bound in spiral bound backed wrappers. 4to. Published by T. J. Maloney, Inc, New York. 1937. 104 pgs. Illustrated with 48 black and white gravure plates. Signed and inscribed by Will Connell on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. Lacks the slipcase. Wrappers worn with shelf-wear to the extremities present (bit of loss along the spiral bound wrappers, scuffing present to the edges of the wrappers) ; wrappers still attached. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Illustrated with 48 gravure images of 1930s Hollywood, incorporating innovative design, photomontage, and exceptional gravure printing. "Will Connell is that rarity - a photographer whose sense of humor extends to his own work. "In Pictures" is its own proof of the use to which he has put his gifts. Connell shows how wide the abilities of the camera are when a thorough technician, a penetrating mind, and the all important satirical impulse are blended in one talent capable of dissecting a national institution with its own instruments of torture, ground glass, shutter and lens." E-42; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 104 pages; Signed by Author.

Six original photographic prints by Will Connell, the pioneering surrealist photographer from California. Each print is between 16-19x23-29.5 cm. All are mounted on 35x46 cm board. These 6 images are large prints, one of which the edges are damaged. Each is signed in pencil, "Will Connell 35". Dated 1935-36, presumedly belonging to an active period when he would have taken commission work, though it is possible that this is a student's work in sculpting. None of the 6 prints are titled. The sculptures are 5 in wood (each dated 1935), 1 in stone (dated 1936). The topics/titles could be applied as: (measurements follow). 1) head of a young woman, small jaw, large curly hair (wood). [19x24 cm]. 2) head of a young man, some leafy plant showing in the background, the youth with seemingly fiery hair, the head looking left (wood). [19x23 cm]. 3) panel with 3 heads, stylized, each appears to be singing, all with the same wide mouths, the hair as if it were also the wind (wood). [16x29.5 cm]. 4) Stylized âÂÂ" undetermined nature âÂÂ" could be a bird, or a porpoise, a flower (wood). [17.5x24 cm]. 5) female nude, showing the rear side, the legs extending beyond the stone itself and cuts off just above the waistline. (stone, 1936). [19x24 cm]. 6) Asian masked actor (wood). [18.5x23.5 cm]. William ("Will") Connell was a self-taught American portrait and industrial photographer. / These seem to be unrecorded photographic prints from his canon of work in California. I have found no other copies, and it would seem, based on the content âÂÂ" that these could have been private commission images of a sculptor. "Bene" Bufano's name was suggested âÂÂ" a possibility âÂÂ" but there is no evidence that I can see that we worked in wood. The style is similar, and the period also suggests the possibility, but Connell should have been in touch with many artists and designers during his time in both San Francisco and Los Angeles (Pasadena). I should add that the provenance of this group suggests it would be a person from Pasadena, as the prints were in a collection in that same city. / Connell taught himself photography and later opened a studio in downtown Los Angeles. By the late 1920s, he began to work in commercial photography for publications, such as Life, Sunset, Time, U.S. Camera and Vogue. / By the early 1930s, Connell was working primarily as a glamor and publicity photographer for various motion picture studios, including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Republic Studios. During this time he also frequently photographed Los Angeles area landscape. Connell was a close friend of Lloyd Wright the LA Architect and son of Frank Lloyd Wright and documented much of Lloyd Wright's work in the 1930s and 1940s. / Connell was born in 1898 in McPherson, Kansas; came with mother to California, and attended Los Angeles High School; left in the tenth grade to enlist in the army, but World War I had ended; became a pharmacist; in the 1920s taught himself photography, and opened a studio in downtown Los Angeles in 1925; became a member of the Camera Pictorialists along with Edward Weston, Louis Fleckenstein, and others; taught at Art Center College in Pasadena from 1931 until his death; work also included movie publicity shots, magazine assignments and other commercial photography; was one of the first photojournalists, illustrating numerous articles for Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post; wrote long-running column in U.S. Camera called 'Counsel' by Connell; produced three photography books: In Pictures (1931), The Missions of California (1941), and About Photography (1949); he died in 1961.Will Connell was born in McPherson, Kansas in 1898. / His father, a cowpuncher, kept moving the family westward and ultimately left them in Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Connell, a school teacher, relocated to Los Angeles where Will, an only child, went to Los Angeles High School. In 10th grade, Will dropped out of school to join the Army, but World War I came to an end and spoiled his plans. He then had a variety of jobs from soda-jerk to pharmacist, a job for which he had to obtain a pharmacy license, which he updated with pride throughout his life. PROVENANCE: Formerly in the collection of Occidental College Libraries, and most likely was a gift to the campus decades ago, yet natural since Connell taught in Pasadena. No markings.

Original Two-tone Cloth. Condition: About Good. First Edition. Number 59 of an editin of 500 copies. Signed by Connell. Spine and adjacent portions of cover stained; spine ends and cover corners slightly worn; small smudge on title page. Lacking the photograph from rear pocket. Signed by Author.