Olin Dows (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Moderate wear; an adequate readable copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Unmarked. VG/G. History of FDR in Hyde Park, NY.

Paper. Condition: Good. Good paper copy article in The American Magazine of Art, Volume XXVIII, Number 7, July 1935, article appears on p. 406 to 411 with 6 B/W illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. ***Please Read*** Missing Dust Jacket - Cover is in poor shape - Pencil marks on blank page just inside cover - No marks on text - My shelf location - 64-a-35*.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-Very Good. Dows, Olin (illustrator). None Stated. The story of Franklin Roosevelt's youth, growing up in Hyde Park, illustrated by 174 drawings by the author. Edge wear to the DJ with some chips and a number of closed tears. Overall a very good copy.

Illustrated Wraps. Condition: Fine. Photographs and Drawings; Cover Image by Olin Dows (illustrator). First Edition. New and unread; 104p. "From the inspiration to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, this book took flight.Throughout these chapters you will see an appreciation of the role of government in contributing to the quality of life of our citizens. This was a characteristic and continuing controversial consequence of FDR's twelve-year presidency" - From the introduction by Christopher N. Breiseth; Of interest to Colorado residents: The Southern Colorado Chapter of the NNDPA, by Barbara Diamond, and A New Deal Legacy in the Pikes Peak Region, by Pat Musick. Size: 4to - Over 9 " - 12" Tall. Paperback.

First edition (not stated). x, 339 pages. Hardcover: H 27.25cm x L 19.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; scuffs, nicks, and short tears at edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Reddish-brown cloth. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. With b/w illustrations, Introduction by editor Francis V. O'Connor, Selected Bibliography, and Index of Names. PART 1-THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NEW DEAL ART PROJECTS. "The New Deal's Treasury Art Program: a memoir" by Olin Dows; "A general view of the WPA Federal Art Project in New York City and State" by Audrey McMahon. PART 2-THE CREATIVE DIVISION OF THE NEW DEAL ART PROJECTS. "The New Deal mural projects" by Edward Laning; "The Easel Division of the WPA Federal art project" by Joseph Solman; "The New Deal sculpture projects" by Robert Cronbach; "The Graphic Arts Division of the WPA Federal art project" by Jacob Kainen; "The Index of American Design Federal art project" by Lincoln Rothschild. PART 3-THE NEW DEAL ART PROJECTS AND RELATED EVENTS. "Artists' organizations of the Depression decade" by Lincoln Rothschild; "The American abstract artists and the WPA Federal art project" by Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne; "The WPA Federal art project and the New York World's Fair, 1939-1940" by Olive Lyford Gavert; "A memoir of The New York City municipal galleries, 1936-1939" by Marchal E. Landgren. PART 4-A DIALOGUE. "Audrey McMahon, Marchal E. Landgren, Jacob Kainen, Olive Lyford Gavert, Francis V. O'Connor."Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0874741130.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Olin Dows (illustrator). First Edition. 8 Messengers from God. Inherently a fine copy in about very good illustrated dust jacket with slight corner wear and two tears to crown and toe of the dust jacket's spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Olin Dows (illustrator). 1st Edition. Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park was written and illustrated by Olin Dows. (Documented Drawings and Text by Olin Dows - 174 black-and-white illustrations) The book was published by American Artists Group, inc. in 1949 and appears to be a First Edition but is not specifically stated as such. The book is NOT an ex-library copy and while the book is in very good + condition the dust jacket is only in good + condition. The edges are "ragged" and the dust jacket has had it's price on the front flap torn off. The book, itself is in beautiful shape for its age. The book is 7 5/8" by 10 5/8" and has 182 pages with the fore-mentioned black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. "In this volume, the spiritual and political giant that was Franklin Roosevelt is removed from the world stage upon which he was a principal actor and is shown in his every-day activities at his beloved home at Hyde Park." Thank you!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Documented drawings and text. American Artists Group, NY (1949) . 181 pages, clothbound, very good condition in dust jacket.

Hard Cover. First edition. 181pp. Illus. Very good. D/j is worn and chipped. 'Documented Drawings and Text'. (loc 889).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. New York: American Artists Group, 1949. First edition. xvi+182p. Black and white drawings throughout. Internally very good, blue cloth boards slightly worn at corners and head and tail of spine, spine lettering rather faded. Presentation inscription by the author on blank page before half-title. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. A light corner bump. Dust jacket with edgewear and a chip on the rear panel. Heavily illustrated by Dows. Inscribed and signed by Dows to a New York gallery owner in 1962. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dows, Olin (illustrator). 1st US Edition. 181 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn on the corners. Grey dustjacket in good condition with blue titles. Darkened and scuffed on the spine and around the edges. Worn with chips and tears. Flaps are torn. 1ST US EDITION. NPC. NF/G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author. Teal blue cloth boards with gilt decoration and titles. Shelf wear. Edge wear and soft creasing to spine tips/joints. Corners rubbed with cloth wear. Author inscription on fly page. Small pencil notation (possibly initials) at top corner of the same fly. Internally clean and unmarked. Light soil to textblock edges. DJ, VG, in mylar. A tanning stripe to top margin of rear panel, edge wear, corner wear, a few superficial markings, small hole near bottom of front flap fold. Due to weight of book international orders cannot be accepted. Shelf 5a. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Sticker on front flap.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ photocopied dust jacket. ; Personalized by author on 2nd FEP. ; Signed by Author. Signed.

Olin Dows (illustrator). First Edition. 261 pages. Illus., maps, endpaper maps, appendix, key to notes, foxing to edges, pp. 251-254 torn out. Signed by the author (Marshall). pp. 255-258 partly torn out. as is (missing pp. 251-254 which have been torn out).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Dows, Olin (American, 1904-1981). UNTITLED (TWO WOMEN AT A TABLE). Woodblock print, 1933. Edition, if any, not known. Signed in pencil and dated "33" 4 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches (image), 7 x 9 1/2 inches (sheet). In excellent condition. Dows was born in New Jersey. He attended Harvard College from 1922 to 1925, when he also took classes in art and architecture at MIT. He went to Paris to study painting, and on his return he transferred to Yale University to study art. He later studied at the Art Students League in New York. These woodcuts were made during a period in the early 1930s when he traveled to Mexico.Dows was active as an administrator in the Federal Arts Project during the Depression, in which capacity heapproved contracts for murals and art work to Milton Avery, Thomas Hart Benton, George Biddle, John Stuart Curry, Philip Evergood, Rockwell Kent, Reginald Marsh, Max Weber and Grant Wood, and he himseld painted several murals for Post Offices under this program.

Dows, Olin (American, 1904-1981). UNTITLED (MARKET SCENE - MEXICO). Woodblock print, 1933. Edition, if any, not known. Signed in pencil and dated "33" 5 7/8 X 10 inches (image), 9 x 13 1/8 inches (sheet). In excellent condition. Dows was born in New Jersey. He attended Harvard College from 1922 to 1925, when he also took classes in art and architecture at MIT. He went to Paris to study painting, and on his return he transferred to Yale University to study art. He later studied at the Art Students League in New York. These woodcuts were made during a period in the early 1930s when he traveled to Mexico.Dows was active as an administrator in the Federal Arts Project during the Depression, in which capacity heapproved contracts for murals and art work to Milton Avery, Thomas Hart Benton, George Biddle, John Stuart Curry, Philip Evergood, Rockwell Kent, Reginald Marsh, Max Weber and Grant Wood, and he himseld painted several murals for Post Offices under this program.

Dows, Olin (American, 1904-1981). UNTITLED (MEN WITH RUGS AND H - MEXICO). Woodblock print, 1933. Edition, if any, not known. Signed in pencil and dated "33" 3 5/8 X 9 1/8 inches (image), 6 x 11 inches (sheet). In excellent condition. Dows was born in New Jersey. He attended Harvard College from 1922 to 1925, when he also took classes in art and architecture at MIT. He went to Paris to study painting, and on his return he transferred to Yale University to study art. He later studied at the Art Students League in New York. These woodcuts were made during a period in the early 1930s when he traveled to Mexico.Dows was active as an administrator in the Federal Arts Project during the Depression, in which capacity heapproved contracts for murals and art work to Milton Avery, Thomas Hart Benton, George Biddle, John Stuart Curry, Philip Evergood, Rockwell Kent, Reginald Marsh, Max Weber and Grant Wood, and he himseld painted several murals for Post Offices under this program.