Joe Petro (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 4pp extract, illustrated, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, Volume 38. In report covers. Joe Petro (illustrator).

sheet_music. Condition: Very Good. Rudy Vallee cover photo; spine reinforced with clear tape.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. first printing. Yellow cloth, 174 pages, 9-in tall. Story of a Kentucky Derby winner and the "Dean" of the Kentucky Derby, Roscoe Goose. Joe Petro illus (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 174pp, illustrated, including photographs, yellow cloth with gilt titles, generally clean and bright, with insignificant damp stain at rear board, and occasional foxing at pastedowns, in lightly worn and soiled dust jacket with a bit of wear at edges, now housed in protective Brodart cover. Inscribed by author at front fly, "With best wishes / and admiration / Earl Ruby, 1974." Jockey Roscoe Goose, who rode 1913 Kentucky Derby winner Donerail. Joe Petro (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This book is in mostly excellent condition. It is clean, with no writing, no highlighting, and no marks inside. The dust jacket has a little minor edgewear here & there. ; B & W Illus.; 8.6 X 5.7 X 0.8 inches; 174 pages. Illustrated by Joe Petro (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Covered in Mylar; B and w illus.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages.

Portfolio/Prints. SIGNED and limited first edition. Fine/As New, all elements. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A portfolio containing two original signed silkscreen prints, a numbered colophon sheet, and a signed exhibition catalogue, all as issued. PRINT 1: "Messenger" by Kurt Vonnegut, hand-printed in five colors on Coventry cotton paper; 12 x 16.75 inches with a tissue guard; SIGNED BY VONNEGUT in pencil and numbered 30/50; with the printer's embossed chop mark. PRINT 2: "Red Shark" by Ralph Steadman, hand-printed in two colors on Coventry cotton paper; 12 x 16.75 inches with a tissue guard; SIGNED BY STEADMAN in pencil and numbered 30/50; with the printer's embossed chop mark. The image is of Hunter S. Thompson from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. CATALOGUE: The catalogue was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, in 1999, and includes original essays by Kurt Vonnegut and Ralph Steadman. The copies included with the portfolio have been SIGNED BY VONNEGUT, STEADMAN, JOE PETRO III (the printmaker, additionally embossed with his chop mark) and RACHAEL SADINSKY (the curator of the University of Kentucky Art Museum.) It has been numbered as well, 30/50. Preface by the curator; exhibition checklist. Staple-bound, stiff wraps; 12 pages; 4 color and 2 b&w illustrations; 6 x 10.5 inches. There is also a printed vellum title page/colophon sheet that is hand-numbered and a small card with the printer's chop that is also numbered. PORTFOLIO: All the items are housed in a black-cloth-bound, ribbon-tied portfolio with embossed silver text to the front, pocket to the inside front cover, and flaps to the inside back; 13 x 17.5 inches. …