First Artists (30 results)

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Acceptable. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Various Artists (illustrator). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. GOOD-. Red cloth-bound boards, X-Library edition with usual marks. Book was library rebound sometime in the 1940's. Approx. 9'' x 13''. Edges of spine cracked, worn and peeling away. Heavy rub wear and large hinge splits to both front and back outer hinges. Heavy rub wear to edges and corners. Slightly more moderate rub wear to covers with some dirt stains and scratch marks. Minor inner hinge splits. Fly page nearly torn away. Creases to most pages. Tape repair to some inner pages. Text still readable, color on pictures still bright. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The First Artists (illustrator). 'Illustrated with 217 Pictures in oil colours by the First Artists'. Collection of classic nursery tales, including The Three Bears, Bold Robin Hood, Jack the Giant killer and others. With numerous images arranged in panels. 4to. Pictorial covers. Rubbing to edges. Light toning and spotting to page edges. Pen marks and writing to final page (not affecting text/image). Binding sound. Good overall.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Signed first edition of Chronicles of Courage: Very Special Artists by Jean Kennedy Smith. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, 234pp, [6]. Purple hardcover, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with full number line. In publisher's fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap. Signed by Jean Kennedy Smith on the front free endpaper. Jean Kennedy Smith was the youngest daughter of Joe and Rose Kennedy and the sister of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. She was the Ambassador to Ireland, where she was instrumental in the Northern Ireland peace process during the Clinton administration. She founded the organization, Very Special Arts, which allows people with disabilities to engage in the arts. She was the last sibling of President John F. Kennedy to die when she passed away in 2020. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An impressive, and imposing, large folio volume of the engravings from the classic work by David Hume - almost 'elephant folio' in size. This large tome comprises the complete set of plates from the first folio edition of 'The History of England', following its first printing in 1754-1761. Published and printed by the same Bowyer/Bensley combination, the plates are prefaced with their dedications and expanded contents list. A Series of One Hundred and Ninety-six Engravings, (in the Line Manner) by the First Artists in the Country, Illustrative of The History of England, comprizing Historical Subjects, Portraits, Naval and Military Engagements, Ruins of Ancient Castles, Coins, Medals &c. &c. Upon the Execution of Which Have Been Expended Forty-four Thousand Pounds: with An Historical Account of Each Subject, &c. &c. &c. The book is entitled 'Illustrations of the History of England' to the spine. Printed for the Proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80 Pall Mall, by T. Bensley, Holt Court, Fleet Street, London. First edition, thus. The large folio edition of The History of England was published in 1806, and although the title page in this volume provides no date, it is listed as 1812 in Worldcat. This volume is indeed scarce and Worldcat only identifies 10 institutional holdings worldwide. A rare example of this sumptuous volume (many such volumes would have been broken up for the prints long ago). Bound with leather spine with raised bands and tooled gilt decoration. With leather corners with gilt borders, and red cloth over boards. The cloth is heavily worn and marked, with some tears and losses, and the leather is bumped, scuffed and worn to extremities. Rubbed joints, but all soundly bound. There is moisture damage to the plain yellow endpapers and the blank endpapers at either end of the book, where a a couple of the blanks stick together. Red cloth reinforcement to inner hinges. The first 4 or 5 leaves at either end of the book have some foxed spotting to the pages edges, but the vast majority of the book is in excellent condition. All printed on a high quality paper. The majority of the pages are beautifully clean and bright with only the occasional light mark. Full gilt edges to text block. The full page engravings are of the highest quality. There is a little offset marking opposite some plates as would be expected. The plates are finely detailed and images sharp and bright, making this a hugely impressive volume (and a very uncommon collection of these fine large folio plates). Text in English. Frontispiece + Title + (2) Dedications + 18pp Contents + 196 Engraved Plates. Dimensions: Approx 486mm high x 350mm wide x 60mm deep (19 inches x 14 inches x 2.5 inches). Weight: Approximately 7.11kg (unpacked). More photos on request - please ask to see. No extra postage other than that listed, despite the substantial size of this volume.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. The First Artists (illustrator). A charming, uncommon, and full morocco book of poems composed by Scottish writer and historian Sir Walter Scott. An uncommon poetical title, bound in very smart full morocco.With elegant gilt motifs to boards, tooling to spine, and doublures, in addition to full gilt page edges.Within, a collection of the poetry of prominent 18th Century Scottish writer and historian Sir Walter Scott, including 'The Lady of the Lake', 'Marmion', and a selection of ballads.With an additional 'Life of the Author'.Featuring a monochrome frontispiece, and 13 further unlisted plates. Collated from a copy held by Queen's University Belfast, complete. Bound in full morocco. Externally, very smart. Mild fading to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Front hinge starting. Slight tide marks to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Occasional age toning and spotting, primarily to plates. Very Good. book.

Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt. Condition: New. No Jacket. Deluxe Hardcover Facsimile Edition Priva. Exact Facsimile Reprint of Original Edition Published: 1825. 562p.Contents: The Necromancer, comprising A Remarkable Series of WonderfulEvents, Founded On Fact; Chronicle of Celestial Influence, ExemplifyingThe Power of Astral Agency Over Kingdoms, States & Individuals; CelestialOmens; Saturn; Extraordinary Memory; Fires & Earthquakes; Magic Charms,Ceremonies & Incantations, Comprising the Ancient Practice of RaisingSprits 7 Invocating The Dead; Intelligences & Spirits; BabylonianAstrologer; Cabalistical Words of Great Efficacy; Spirit Omens; PlanetarySpirits; Moon Spirits; circle & Mystic Rites; Great Incantation; AngelicalWorld; Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of AstrologyComprising The Art of Foreknowing Future Events By The Positions, Aspects& Configurations of the Heavenly Bodies; Principles of Nature On WhichAstrology Is founded; Proportional Quantities of matter in the System;different Systems; Starry influence Drawn From Tides; Application toScience; Twelve Signs; Zodiac; Aspects; Essential dignities; Table ofOrbs; Meteorological Table; Table of fortitudes; Astrological Secrets;Significations of 12 Houses; 12 Signs; Influences of Planets; HourlyMotion of Moon; Planetary Motions; Fixed Stars; Transits; SecondaryDirections; Planetary dignities; Wonderful Prophecies By CelebratedAstrologers; Nostradamus; Remarkable Nativities; Synopsis of Geomancy, orThe Science of Casting Celestial Lots; 16 Figures; divination; WonderfulCharms & Talismans, & Curious Secrets In Occult Philosophy; Natural Magic;Magical Candle; Magic Torch; Ancient Runic Calendar; Magical Ointments;Mercuriana, or Astrological & Scientific Fragments.

Condition: Very Good. Third edition. Hardback. Folio. Original cloth with rubbing, fading and marks, rebacked retaining original backstrip, ex-library copy with label to pastedown and stamps to the rear of plates. Good copy.

Hardcover. 4to., 344 pp. Quarter-rexine and imitation vellum boards, silver arms on front board. The volume provides a facsimile constituted from a reproduction of the 62 folios in the Staatsbibliothek, Munich, and the 57 folios preserved at the Bibliothe`que municipale, Besanon, with the lacking signatures substituted from the undecorated copy of the Prayer Book at the Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Edited and with a detailed commentary by Walter L. Strauss. In Latin, with marginal translations and notes in English. Fine in Fine publisher's slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Rebound.Cover VG; Binding VG; Hand colored images Good. 210 illustrated pages with 4 engraved costumes per page/ 10 pages with old tape repairs.Title page and index pages are damaged (see photos)but were re-glued to stock long ago. Some water staining and minor foxing but the color plates are good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. All Cook's First Voyage artists. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Hakluyt Society Extra Series No. 43, 43 x 27.5 cm, lxiv, 328 pp., HAKLUYT SOCIETY COUNCIL OF OFFICERS, 1987-88, full color portrait of CAPTAIN JAMES COOK by WILLIAM HODGES. Bound in original navy cloth, gilt, with gilt block of Society's device, in dust wrapper, a fine copy. . Illustrated by tipped in colour portrait frontispiece, by 17 text plates in introduction, and by 320 numbered plates with captions in Descriptive Catalogue. Decorated by Society's device on title page. The first publication until now of the charts and coastal views that Captain Cook was instructed to make by the Admiralty in the course of his voyages. It supplements the volumes of The Journals of Captain Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, published 1955-67. This volume covers the first voyage, made in the Endeavour, 1768-71, which rounded Cape Horn, traversed the Pacific, circumnavigated New Zealand, and explored the east coast of Australia. The introduction contains a synopsis of the voyage, as it relates to Cook's surveying activities and methods and provides short biographies of the surveyors and artists involved. MARITIME CHARTS MARITIME CHARTS EXPLORATION 18TH CENTURY AUSTRALIA MARITIME. Large heavy book which will require extra postage depending on address.

71 (2) pages on glossy pages, with many wholepage - partly colour - plates between the Text (up to page 15 and from 65) of artworks by Rudolf Bauer (13 [7 col.]), V. Kandinsky (7 [4 col.]), Vladimir Walmar Shwab (2), Picasso (1), Albert Gleizes (1), Fernand Leger (1), Ladislaus Moholy-Nagy (1), Robert Delaunay (1). - Publisher's plain olive-grey cardboard-softcover; 4to.(ca. 27 x 22 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL (but without dustjacket) from the year when the Art-Collector Solomon R. Guggenheim established his Foundation which led to the opening of 'The Guggenheim' as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, under the guidance of Hilla von Rebay in 1939 who also engaged Frank Lloyd Wright for its architectural design. - Lower sharp corner of cover slightly bent, titlepage somewhat rubbed, glossy paper thoughout with a slightly wavy structure (NOT due to humidity or similar but rather to the printing process). - A VERY GOOD COPY OF THE FRAGILE PUBLICATION.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The First Artists (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this lovely late nineteenth century children's book of nursery rhymes. First edition of The Prince of Nursery Playmates in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and illustrated paper wrapped boards.Containing seventy four nursery tales and nursery rhymes and songs, illustrated throughout with pictures in colour.By the 'First Artists'. Undated, dated from jisc.Some of page 5 and 6 missing from a previous owner removing some of the illustrations of 'Little Bo Peep'. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and paper wrapped boards. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The hinges are strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some light age toning. Very Good. book.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Folio. Original dark green cloth, lettered and illustrated black. A fair copy- wear and marks to covers with splitting at upper spine hinge, lacks endpaper and half-title (and frontis), paint marks to top and fore-edges with some bleed onto borders of illustrations but most hand-coloured images clean.

1 blank sheet, pre-titlepage, Titlepage 'VIAGEM PITORESCA ATRAVÉS DO BRASIL' printed in black and red, 94 pages of text in Portuguese, 1 blank sheet; facsimile of the titlepage for the plate-section of 'VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DANS LE BRÉSIL' 1853, 100 singleside printed plates; facsimile of the main-titlepage 1853, 21 sheets with reduced (4 on 1 page) 48, 34, 51, 32 textpages of the French original; 1 blank sheet with colophone. - Publisher's softcover with tipped-on ornamental cardboard-dustjacket with flaps, again bound in a thick and heavy gilt-decorated and -titled full-leather binding over 5 raised bands; imperial-Folio (ca. 56 x 39 x 6 cm; ca. 7,3 kg.). *** FIRST EDITION OF THE LUXURIOUS EQUIPPED OVERSIZE FACSIMILE, #0520 of 1.000 copies; INDIVIDUALLY BOUND IN A MAGNIFICIENT PORTUGUESE LEATHER BINDING OF 18TH CENTURY STYLE. - Spine and frontpanel-left somewhat sunned, inbound original softcover mit minimal crease; else in best condition.

XXXIX (I) pages of text with 5 intercalated wholepage self-portraits on singleside printed plates; 1 sheet 'Planches', 30 singels. printed plates depicting the artist's works from 1925 to 1928, 1 per plate; text and plates printed on this paper resp. thing cardboard-sheets. - Slightly later 'jeans-like' blue cloth binding, both panels completely covered with the tipped-on green-titled front- and blank rear cover of the original creme-colour paper-bound original, the olive-grey endpapers decoratively marbled in green-red-black- and silver; 4to.(ca. 28 x 23 cm). *** FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MONOGRAPH OF THE ARTIST, NO. 1 OF LARGE-PAPER 60 COPIES ON 'ARCHES'-PAPER; unfortunatley without the etching of the 'Édition de tête' (followed by 500 copies on 'Vélin'). - Last blank page with old namestamp 'BORYS GUREWICZ / CZESTOCHOWA / Aleja 27.' who may have been related to De Chirico's first wife, the russian dancer Raissa Gurievich with whom he went to Paris in 1925, or the polish born Editor of the book (W. George) as the first copy of a small numbered edition usually is reserved for someone close to the aothor/artist or the publisher if not for the artist himself. . . --- Spine minimally creased and slightly rubbed at both ends, the original - well preserved - covers slightly dusty and minimally spotty; a BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE BOOK.

Newspaper. Condition: Fair. NORMAN HARTNELL (illustrator). FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. RARE - Original Newspaper November 20 - 1947 - Wedding of Princess Elizabeth II - DAILY GRAPHIC and DAILY SKETCH - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1947 - A KEMSLEY NEWSPAPER 1d. - Headline Reads: Princess Elizabeth To Be Duchess of Edinburgh - A Dukedom For The Bridegroom. - The main image is an artist's impression of Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown seen here for the first time. The gown was designed by Norman Hartnell. This is an 8 page special edition. All pages are complete. Closed edge tears and rubbing to margins. Chipped at edges. General browning with age. Fold marks. Small holes down main margin. - E N D - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. - Thanks for your interest and I hope you like this amazingly rare and collectable newspaper enough to buy it.

3rd edition 1910 exceptionally large volume. 123 full colour plates, 1,500 + costume s of all perids and nations. INternally excellent but some damage to spine.

14 layers of each-two loosely inserted double-sheets (=112 pages in total) of strong fine art-paper: Title-sheet, Preface, List of Stories, Photograph / 12 titled 'STORIES', each with wholepage Illustration / 'The Authors', Colophon, 'The Images', Photograph. - Together loose in titled cardboard-wrapper with flaps, ''encased in [the publisher's silver-titled blue] hand-crafted box made . . . at Les Ateliers Dermont Duval in Paris, France'' (ca. 27 x 32 x 4 cm; ca. 1,5 kg.). *** FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE ARTIST-BOOK BOX; #13 OF 125 COPIES SIGNED BY EDITOR (Susan Mann) AND PUBLISHER (Samuel Lalouz) IN THE COLOPHON. - ''>Historians' Stories from Canada< is a limited edition art book containing 12 original stories written by historians in Canada in the language of their choice. Each story is edited by Susan Mann and accompanied by an image of an original work of art chosen by her. ''. --- THE BOX IS MINIMALLY RUBBED, ELSE IN BEST CONDITION.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Très bon. Rare - Authentic card signed in person in Ghent (Belgium) in 2002. + Original photo 10x15 cm (taken on the day he signed the card). Size : 20x12.5 cm. Condition : please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Autograph card signed "F.P.". + Photo 23x15 cm (recent print). " J'apprends que Madame Rémaury [Caroline Montigny-Rémaury] est ici. Je ne saurais lui exprimer le bonheur que j'aurais à la voir accepter mon invitation pour ce soir avec mon vif regret que les rôles ne soient pas intervertis et que je ne puisse être, moi, son auditeur. Hommages et sentiments dévoués F.P. " Size : 6x10 cm. Condition : please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Assez bon. RARE - Photo postcard signed to the French decorator, journalist, lecturer, and resistance fighter Suzanne Bertillon (1891-1980) in 1917. " À Suzanne Bertillon Sympathique souvenir Francis Planté 1917 " Size : 13.5x8.5 cm. Condition : autograph visible from certain angles, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.