Guy Endore Illustrator (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 1100 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. A fine edition of a familiar book in a new translation by Guy Endore. Printed in Sweden with lithographic illustrations by a Swedish artist, who was one of the leading illustrators in Sweden at the time of printing. "The story is about the fishermen in Brittany, and over the homes and the lives of these simple and charming Icelandic people there hovers the same milky air which surrounds the homes and the lives of the artist adn printer who have now made this edition of this story" (Monthly Letter of the LEC, June 1931). Bound in off-white cloth over patterned paper covered boards featuring a fish pattern. Gilt title within a blue box to spine. Minor browning to spine and minor wear to boards. Includes many lithographic illustrations by Yngve Berg. Clean and bright overall. Includes montly letter from the Limited Editions Club laid in. 207 pages. Size: small quarto. LIT/012925.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. GUY ENDORE (ILLUSTRATOR), YNGVE BERG (LITHOGRAPHS) (illustrator). Book Club Edition. APPROX. 208 Pp. 1931. LIMTED EDITION COPY NUMBER 1386/1500. INK SIGNED BY ARTIST, YNGVE BERG ON LIMITATION PAGE. (15) PLATES. THIS EDITION OF AN ICELAND FISHERMAN BY PIERRE LOTI CONSISTS OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED ON HANDMADE LINEN RAG PAPER FROM VAN GELDER ZONEN OF AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB BY THE ROYAL PRINTING OFFICE. THE LITHOGRAPH ILLUSTRATIONS ARE YNGVE BERG AND THE BOOK IS DESIGNED BY AKKE KUMLIEN. P. A. NORSTEDT & SONER AT STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, IN 1931. A HANDSOME WELL PRESERVED COPY. BOOK DESCRIPTION: ILLUSTRATED LINEN CLOTH HARDBOUND, GREEN TITLE LABEL ON SPINE COVER, TAN BOARDS WITH ILLUSTRATED FISH MOTIF, CLOTH CORNER CAPS, GILT UPPER LEAF EDGE, ROUGH LEAF EDGE. BEIGE SLIPCASE WITH PASTED TITLE/ISSUE LIMITATION LABEL. DIMENSIONS: (11 3/4" x 7 1/2" x 1 3/16"). BOOK CONDITION: FINE. SLIPCASE CONDITION: VERY GOOD; SPLITTING AT FRONT EDGE/CORNERS, SPINE COVER SUNNED, MINOR PAPER CHIPPING AT EDGES, PAINT DRIP AT BASE OF SPINE COVER, MINUTE SOIL AT PERIMETER AREAS OF COVER. (CH). Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Illustrated First Edtion. Octavo. Original red cloth, gilt lettered on spine and front cover. Top edge dyed red. Illustrated endpapers. Novel by French explorer, trader, and interpreter with the Sengalese sharpshooters during World War I. Awarded the Prix de Roman by the French Academy. Near fine, in very good dustjacket with small chips at top of spine and front corners.