Finta Alexander (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing of this bilingual edition of this illustrated Hungarian folk tale by noted 20th Century Hungarian American artist Alexander Finta. The story was original published in English in 1932. This edition uses a two-column format with the English and Hungarian text presented side by side. 123 pages, 8-3/4" by 11-3/4", illustrated by Alexander Finta. Has fading at spine edge and top edge and moderate general wear.

Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket showing moderate signs of wear to edges, corners. Terra Cotta cover with fading noted to edges. Some curling noted to head and tail of spine. A sequel to Herdboy of Hungary. Illustrated by the author. The story of the childhood of Mr. Finta who is a noted Hungarian artist and sculptor. Slight red crayon mark on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Alexander Finta (illustrator). Cover stained. Lightly bumped edges and corners. Clean and tight. Illustrated throughout. Final two pages have been folded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Endpapers; Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). 1st Edition. X, 166 Pp. Cloth. First Edition Stated. Slight Usage, No Marks, Pages Aging, Two Minute Frays At Bottom Of Front Board, Hinges Tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Finta, Alexander (illustrator). First Edition. Photos available upon request! Book has mild rubbing to cover, modest rubbing to edges and corners of cover and spine, mild rubbing to hinges of cover, faint green crayon markins to cover and spine, mild toning and rubbing to textblock, light toning to pages, and mild smudging to various pages throughout. otherwise book is in good condition, a nice reading copy, with a bright cover and a solid binding.

Royal octavo, brown illus. cloth, (hardcover), uncut, x, 166 pp. Plates, illus. throughout. Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear and several small chips. Children's Literature, Illustrated, Children's Books, Juvenile Books, Adventure, Hungary.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Alexander Finta (illustrator). First Edition. Alexander Finta (1881-1958) was a Hungarian-born American artist, sculptor and author. The author describes his early life in Hungary and also provides the b&w illustrations that illustrate the book. Nicely decorated endpapers. This book is a stated first edition with Harper's H-G date code (this is probably reprinted from the 1932 Harper's edition). Original publisher's brown covers with yellow spine and cover lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names--there is a bookplate on the front free endpaper. PLEASE NOTE: this book has a SLIGHT MUSTY ODOR for those that may be sensitive to it. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 166 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. Stated first edition, 1932. Lilght brown cloth, black and white illustrations by the author throughout, no dustjacket. Good used condition with some rubbing to the extremities and a bit of uneven color to the rear cover, good hinges (rear hinge neatly internally reglued), text block sound but not tight (no loosened pages), pages clean with some occasional light finger soil to margins, neatly written gift notation at top of front free endpaper and bookplate inside front cover, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by the author. Stated first edition with H-G date code. Light shelf wear and aging, else very good in brown cloth with black lettering and design. No dust jacket. B003TPW3Y4.

4to. x, [2], 166 pp. Numerous text illustrations, plates, map illustrated endpapers. Burgundy-coloured cloth, yellow lettering & decoration on front cover & spine (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Finta (couple slight closed tears, minor shelfwear), NF/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this fascinating Hungarian tale, by the noted Hungarian-American California sculptor and artist, who studied with Rodin, and later worked for nearly 20 years with 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles.

In Collaboration With Jeanette Eaton. Illustrated by Alexander Finta. (illustrator). Very Good (moderate wear & little darkening edges of front cover, some wear corners; contents clean & tight). Small quarto: pictorial tan cloth, stamped in black; 166 pages First Edition. Signed inscription from Finta on the dedication page: With compliment of the author, Alexander Finta. New York City, 1932, December 8." Alexander Finta [1881?1958] was a Hungarian-born American artist. Finta received his early education in Europe before moving onto Columbia University. He settled in Los Angeles, California in 1939 and proceeded to create marble and bronze busts. While in Paris, Finta studied with Auguste Rodin and after serving in World War I, he created a number of war memorials in Hungary. He has sculptures in a number of countries. He worked for 20th Century Fox until his death in 1958. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Alexander Finta (illustrator). Near Fine condition Hardcover Signed and inscribed by the Author and his wife Catherine on the ffep. Rust boards with black lettering on the spine and cover with illustration. Includes numerous b/w illustrations by Alexander Finta, 185 pages. The exception to the condition is a newspaper article about the author is laid in the rear fep and pastedown with residual. The DJ is in Very Good + condition with the exception of a bookshop sticker on the rear flap and wear to the extremities, protected in brodart. Inscribed by Author(s).