Vassos Ruth (65 results)

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hardcover. Condition: Good. E.P. Dutton & Company; New York, 1929. Hardcover. A Good, blue cloth binding, binding intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, crimping to spine edges, bumped board corners, scratch/slice front board buckram, age toning to pages, rubbed spot top front board at spine, spine buckram separating from backing material, without Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], unpaginated, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in very good condition with wear to corners and edge of covers and 2 skinny white lines on back cover. Inner covers browned. John Vassos (illustrator). First edition.]. Illustrated with twenty-three stunning works by John Vassos, an artist who played a major role in promoting the Art Deco style in advertising art and book illustration. In Contempo, Vassos addresses what he considerers society's ills and challenges with text by his wife Ruth Vassos. Vassos, John (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A shelf worn copy of this title. Covers are soiled. Spine is faded. Interior is clean and tight. Pages are toned. This is not an ex-library copy. Please view photo(s) to determine exact condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, trade issue with navy cloth lettered in silver. Very Good, silver stamping rubbed, light wear, rear hinge starting, lacking dust jacket.

Hardcover. Quarto, unpaged [ca. 50 pages]. In Good condition. Spine is blue with silver print. In clear plastic sleeve. Boards in blue cloth, silver print; light blemishes to front panel. Text block has chipped fore edge to first and last two leaves. Illustrated: b&w plates. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. 1410205. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Unpaginated. 29 cm. Striking b&w Art Deco illustrations. Blue cloth with black print. Corners bumped, a bit of wear to lower spine and crease in upper spine. Ink note on front pastedown. Paper slightly darkened. Depicts America in the Roaring Twenties, including electricity, skyscrapers, prohibition, radio, department stores, air conquest, suburbia, modern art, etc.…

Hardcover - as published. Good, head of spine is missing, general wear to cloth, pages are slightly browned. Spine sunned. Binding and hinges are both good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Navy blue cloth covered boards decorated with silver are loosely bound, sunned at spine, soiled & rubbed from handling & age. Pages are bright & clean throughout. Protected in mylar sleeve. Vassos, John (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1929. First edition, 1929. An artist's view of the future from the American Art Deco era, with brief essays on topics accompanied by a futuristic black and white plate. Includes such topics as: electricity, advertising, the department store, the beach, tabloids, sports, religion, etc. Blue cloth lettered and with an Art Deco design in silver, 12.25 inches tall. Covers rubbed with some chipping to the silver, fraying to corners and edges, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1929. First edition, 1929. Externally worn, internally very good. A celebration of American Art Deco style, with modernistic black and white plates depicting the spirits of Electricity, Advertising, Skyscrapers, Radio, The Department Store, Commercialism, Air Conquest, Science, Modern Art, more. Blue cloth with black Art Deco lettering and design, 12.25" tall, about a hundred pages. Covers heavily worn at the edges with considerable age-toning and spotting, good hinges, sound text block, slightly age-yellowed but clean pages, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in very good minus condition with wear to front corner edges and top and bottom of spine. Light browning to inner covers. Inside is all clean and bright with no marks, folds or soiling of any kind. The last of nine illustrated books produced by the Greek-American artist, focusing critically on the state of humanity. Vassos is known for his Art Deco and industrial design. "First edition, strictly limited to two thousand copies. Included front inner flap of dust jacket."105 pages.…

Condition: Good. First Edition. Large hardcover, no jacket, quite good with slight edge wear, covers slightly bowed. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large Hardcover without Dust Jacket. 12 x 9 inches. Noted in colophon, "THIS FIRST EDITION STRICTLY LIMITED TO TWO THOUSAND COPIES". Bound in light blue boards with title information to cover and spine in black. 105 pages with 24 full page illustrations. VERY GOOD. All corners fairly pointed with slight wear to tips. Binding firm and square. But for 1/2 inch closed tear to bottom of page 14, not effecting text or illustration, without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked and very clean and bright. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in very good condition with light wear to spine ends, slight browning to inner covers and tiny indent line to outer page edges. The last of nine illustrated books produced by the Greek-American artist, focusing critically on the state of humanity. Vassos is known for his Art Deco and industrial design. "First edition, strictly limited to two thousand copies."105 pages. Vassos, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. From Subways To Psychology VASSOS, Ruth [text by] Vassos, John [creations/ illustrated by] E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1929 12 1/4" x 9 1/4" Illustrated with twenty-three stunning works by John Vassos, an artist who played a major role in promoting the Art Deco style in advertising art and book illustration. In Contempo: This American Tempo, Vassos portrays the dehumanizing effects of the machine age.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. E.P. Dutton, New York, NY 1929. First Edition. Unpaginated pages. Moderate general wear. Size: 4to. Art::Painting by Artist 5998L.

Hardcover. Quarto, unpaged. In Good minus condition. Spine is red with gold print. In clear plastic sleeve.Boards in red cloth, gold print; tattering to spine caps, light wear to corners, light shelf wear. Text block has name stamp on front pastedown, light tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w plates. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. 1410209. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Extremities slightly worn; covers rubbed, with a sheen; pages slightly toned and edge-browned; otherwise very good condition in mylar cover. . Unnumbered pages. Illus.

Hardcover. Backstrip sun-faded; extremities slightly worn, with bottom corner of front cover bumped and frayed; pages slightly toned and edge-browned; previous owners name inside front cover; otherwise very good condition. . 104p. Illus. Folio.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. First Edition. Coffee table sized book in blue cloth spine and boards with silver lettering and ornamentation. Heavy rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the corners. Heavy bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Watermark to the spine has cleaned the lettering away. Very light rubbing along the lower edges of the boards. Previous owner's name and date on the upper corner of the free front endpaper. A handsome juxtaposition of art and language. Unpaginated. No dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. One of 166 copies printed, lacking the colophon with the limitation number and Vassos' signature. 9.25 x 12.25 in. [96]pp., with 23 b/w illustrations throughout. Original silver cloth over boards, with black stamped titles on spine, and metallic silver endpapers. Rubbing to the cloth, slight bumping to the corners, else a Very Good copy.…

Hardcover. First edition. Quarto [31 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with decorative dark blue ink stamped titles, and dark blue ink stamped designs on the front cover. Very good. The covers are slightly rubbed and bumped. There are several very small light moisture stains on the front cover. The spine and edges of the covers are darkened. The front pastedown has a former owner's bookplate. The pages are mildly browned. John Vassos played a major role in promoting the Art Deco style in advertising art and book illustration.…

Hardcover. First edition. Cover edges sun-faded; faint dampstain at outside edge and bottom corner of front cover; extremities frayed; stains at corners of endpapers where once a dust jacket had been taped; page faintly toned, with edges foxed; small stain on p. 104 and opposite page; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). . 104p. Limited to 2000 copies. Illus. Folio.…

First edition. Tall 8vo. [52] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations by John Vassos. Cloth binding, gilt embossed lettering and cover design, good copy. (94962).

[95] pp. Illustrated. 4to, publisher's red cloth printed in white, black and gold in (publisher's?) clear mylar wrapper. First edition. Near fine; very slight bump at one corner and wrapper chipped and a little tanned. Two publisher's flyers laid in.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1929. First Edition. Large, slim quarto (31cm); publisher's cloth in decorative dust jacket; unpaginated; halftone frontispiece and illus. throughout. Jacket dust-soiled and quite chipped and worn with several losses to margins and spine ends never quite approaching text, spine panel toned. Near Fine in a Good only example of the fragile jacket.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1935. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's two-toned cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($5.00); 104pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Textblock a bit toned, jacket quite dust soiled and rather chipped at margins with coinsized loss at bottom edge of rear panel briefly affecting text, fairly extensive tape repair to verso. A Near Fine copy in a Good or better example of the rare jacket. One of a series of art deco explorations of society by the artist and industrial designer John Vassos accompanied by text by his wife Ruth. This volume, preceded by Contempo and Ultimo, addresses conflicting aspects of Humanity, from peace and disarmament to education, the church, child labor, waste, and leaders.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1929. First Edition, Limited to 166 signed copies of which this is no. 98. Quarto; publisher's silver cloth, black spine titling, in decorative blue cloth slipcase blocked in silver foil; unpaginated; halftone illus. throughout. Scattered foxing to cloth, slipcase a bit worn at corners, else a Very Good and sound example. Signed by both John and Ruth Vassos on limitation page. Signed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 8.25 X 11.5 inches. Unpaged. [92p]Blue cloth with black design and type. Molting and spotting to cover. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Solid square binding. No names or marks inside and the illustrations are strong. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair: Heavy chipping, soiling and held together with inside tape. John Vassos (illustrator). First edition.]. Illustrated with twenty-three stunning works by John Vassos, an artist who played a major role in promoting the Art Deco style in advertising art and book illustration. In Contempo, Vassos addresses what he considerers society's ills and challenges with text by his wife Ruth Vassos.…