Introduction William Obrien (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. Very fine/near new, excellent condition. Strong spine and clean inside pages.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Quarto in dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, approximately 144 pp., b/w and color illustrations.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st. Cloth, xvii, 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 x 29 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, presented by the Thunderbird Foundation, August, 1978. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist in the year of publication, with a personalized inscription. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket toned, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. *** "Known for highly realistic Indian portraits with rich skin tones, as well as Southwest and California desert landscape paintings, R. Brownell McGrew (1916 - 1994) showed early art talent in his home town of Columbus, Ohio. He moved to California with his family when he was a child and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute, studying with Ralph Holmes. Although he preferred portrait painting, he won recognition for landscapes and was so proficient technically that he spent his last year at Otis teaching. He worked as a commercial artist for MGM and Columbia movie studios and then discovered a love for desert painting. He was also challenged by portrait painting, especially Navajo and Hopi Indians subjects from Arizona and New Mexico. His goal was to have a painting look wet after it was completed, and to achieve this effect, he mixed his colors to get a luminosity by mixing oil paint, linseed oil, and turpentine, but he never used glaze or lacquer. He lived in La Quinta from 1960-1965, when he and his wife moved to Cottonwood, Arizona, and from there to Quemado, New Mexico, 1972-84. From 1984 until his death in 1994, they lived in Sonoita, Arizona." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: About Danny Davey's Thunderbird Foundation; Committee for the exhibition; Foreword, by Joseph Stacey; Laguna Beach Museum of Art; List of paintings and drawings; Introduction, by William V. O'Brien; "No man is an island"; As the artist sees the world; And as the world sees the artist; (A journalist puts it another way), by Maggie Wilson; People always want to know about the paintings; And what makes them so shiny?; How to paint an Indian portrait, by R. Brownell McGrew. Size: Oblong. SIGNED. Collectible.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Oversized hardback book (not paginated) illustrated with color and black and white photographs/reproductions. Dust jacket shows moderate rubbing/scuffing with minor nicks at top and bottom edge. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Bookseller since 1995 (ULBDRM#2-Top-R) rareviewbooks.…

Condition: Good. 1949. Hardback. E. scarce. From the library of Michael Viney. Fine in original quarter cloth boards, no dw as issued. Covers stained and showing some age and shelf wear, especially to spine. Ownership details on ffep. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . . …

Condition: Good. 1949. Hardback. E. scarce. From the library of Michael Viney. Fine in original quarter cloth boards, no dw as issued. Covers stained and showing some age and shelf wear, especially to spine. Ownership details on ffep. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. With slipcase.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Number 87 of 150 copies and signed by the artist on the limitation page. Includes a tipped-in, original pencil drawing by McGrew. Small, oblong quarto bound in red leather and marbled paper-covered boards in red, cloth-covered slipcase. Color and B&W illustrations. Condition: very slight shelf-wear to slipcase; slight sun-fading to spine of book; else fine in fine slipcase. Pages: xviii, 130. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. [160]. illus. throughout (some colour). cloth (gluestains & surface tears to pastedowns). dw. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed to previous owner by one of the authors, Mark T. Williams. Text unmarked, nearly as new with limited modest shelfwear of blue cloth. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as issued. LIMITED EDITION. Oblong 8vo. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION, number 9 out of 150 deluxe copies (of 576 total), SIGNED by listed contributors including Stephen King. Light edgewear to covers. Slight fading to cloth binding. Minor soiling to covers. Light blue pen mark to front cover near spine. Pencil ghost to first blank page. Slight fraying to cloth binding on rear cover near spine. Fading with slight soiling to slipcase. Red pen stain to rear panel of slipcase in middle of panel. Slight rubbing and fading to slipcase. Slight fraying to top and bottom edge of slipcase. Fading and rubbing to spine of slipcase. VG in VG slipcase.…