John Held Jr Illustrator (16 results)

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Musty scent. Pages foxed. Short gifter's inscription on front endpage. In protective mylar cover. (ballads, american, folk songs, english, united states ).

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1972 stated first edition of 49 pages with wonderful engravings by John Held, Jr. Very good plus with a faint acid stain on the fep from the dust jacket flap and light bumping at the bottom of the spine and lightly bent corners. Dust jacket is good with a very tiny hole on the back cover near the spine, small tear at top of back cove rand wear at the top of the spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. John Held, Jr. (Illustrator) (illustrator). Dover Reprint. Text/Clean & Near New. Softcover/Good; sound w/edge & surface rubs & humidity stains to upper back top edge & discoloration. Collection of drinking songs sung by professional drinkers assembled by Greenwich Villager Frank Shay (1988 - 1954). Enduring songs of the Naughty Nineties & early 20th century, separately first published in 1927 & 1928 respectively; this is the Dover combined reprint of 1961. Not songs that glorify drinking of spirits & drunkards, but those that were sung & enjoyed by "professional drinkers" when in a mellow & convivial mood of comradeship to the pleasure of all. Some were first heard on a Standard Oil tankship, others from sea-coast gin-mills sailors visited, and army camps of America and France . 235 pgs, some with music, w/ John Held's illustrations. Find full refrains of Clementine (as sung by Ralph Geddes), and Frankie and Johnnie; and old-time ditties such as Forty-nine Bottles, and I've Been Workin' on the Railroad. Rich collection. Strong copy despite flaws.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition. A classic of American folklore beautifully illustrated with woodcuts by the legendary John Held. Pristine, clean and unmarked. Protected in an archival Mylar jacket cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. First publication of these early Perelman works in book form. A clean, unmarked copy in a fine, unclipped jacket with a small bottom corner closed tear protected by the plastic cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Original marron cloth with black design and title. A clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Original black cloth spine and purple cloth boards, with gilt title and design. light wear to bottom corner edges, else a whole, clean, unmarked copy. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A superb copy, unclipped and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Captain Billy's Whiz Bang was one of the most popular and notorious humor magazines of the 1920s. It was created by Wilford Hamilton Fawcett, who had been a captain in the U.S. Army during World War I and gained the nickname Captain Billy. This copy is very well preserved, clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Light edge rubbing, otherwise a near fine, clean and bright copy with clear spine title. Classic Roaring Twenties humor, including satires on bootlegging.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. A fascinating personal record of wartime America by the returned expatriate. Scarce in a jacket this nice. Out of print.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 79pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Orange and black pictorial paper over boards. Light wear at the spine ends and corners of the covers. Top quarter of the rear board discolored. Text block just begining to crack at p. 37 (book still very sturdy). With the original dust jacket, in 3 torn pieces. Newman Levy's verse illustrated by John Held Jr. The Utah artist, John Held Jr., was one of the best known magazine illustrators of the 1920s, and his designs for F. Scott Fitzgerald jackets became icons of the Jazz Age. First and Second Printing before Publication.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. 79pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] White and black pictorial paper over boards. Light wear at the spine ends and corners of the covers. No dust jacket. Newman Levy's verse illustrated by John Held Jr. The Utah artist, John Held Jr., was one of the best known magazine illustrators of the 1920s, and his designs for F. Scott Fitzgerald jackets became icons of the Jazz Age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: poor. First edition. SIGNED. 79pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Red and black pictorial paper over boards. The spine and boards show light edge wear, and the endpapers are discolored. In a heavily worn, price-clipped dust jacket, which is torn in half. Dust jacket art by John Held Jr. Newman Levy's verse illustrated by John Held Jr. This copy is inscribed by both the author and illustrator, in the year of publication, on the front free endpaper.

Original publishers cover. John Held Jr. (illustrator) (illustrator). Special edition. Book measures: 29 cm. 201 pages: illustrations. Text in English. One of 1500 copies printed for the Members of the Limited Editions. Signed by the artist; numbered copy. The book itself is in very good condition, but the spine is faded and lightly rubbed. The slipcase is in very good condition, with a minor chipping to the spine label. It was designed by William A. Kittredge and printed at The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., in Chicago.