Millard Sheets, Signed (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Millard Sheets (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stated first edition, İ1984. Oblong 4to. 155 pages. Illustrated copiously with the art of Millard Sheets. Chronology. Art Index. Cased in maroon cloth with all stamping in silver. Warmly inscribed by Millard Sheets to fellow watercolorist Ruth Burden (1928-2020) on the half title page. Her surname neatly printed on the front panel of the dust jacket. Not a library discard. A fine copy in a good+ moderately worn unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A loving memoir of Millard Owen Sheets, a great artist in California's art history known for his luminous watercolors that helped define the movement known as Southern California Regionalism. 146 pages with 32 full-page color plates. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR dated in year of publication. Prior owner has done neat highlighting in the text portion otherwise clean and bright with crisp text. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Some creasing and wear to spine. Inscribed and signed by Sheets on limitation page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Viii, 155 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $40. Inscribed By Millard Sheets "With Highest Admiration And Warm Affection". With, A Copy Of Millard Sheet's Own Promotional Bio Summary, 3 Pp., Dated 10/7/83, Laid In Loosely. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Millard Sheets (illustrator). Limited. Book is bound in blue paper over hardboard. Light wear to board edges.Previous owners name on the front flyleaf. Contains 28 black and white plates, plus an original lithograph signed in pencil by Millard Sheets. There are 28 pages of texts plus the plates. Pages are clean and binding is tight. An additional plate by Sheets will be laid in. This is no.597 out of a limited edition of 1000 to Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Owen. Send an e-mail for pictures. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dustjacket. Original Signed Lithograph, 28 Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. #125 Of 1000 Copies, Signed By Sheets, And With Lithograph Signed In Pencil By Sheets. Book Is Rubbed Mostly Along Lower Edges And At Ends Of Spine, Pages Clean. Oversized Dust Jacket With Wear, Short Tears, Some Browning, 1/2" Triangular Chip At Lower Front Tip. With A Copy Of Millard Sheets' Own Summary Artistic Resume, 3 Single Spaced Typewritten Pages, Dated In 1983. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 184 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Very Good+. The 10th book in the 33rd series, this being #955 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator Millard Sheets. Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones, illustrated with water-colors and monochromes. Book design by Ward Richie, printed by Anderson, Richie & Simon. Set in intertype Waverley on cream-toned Curtis paper, bound by Russell-Rutter Company in quarter dark-green morocco. A VG+ or better copy, slight wear to leather at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise book in very fine condition. NF slipcase. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Millard Sheets on title page. Binding tight, content clean and straight. Dust jacket in very good condition with the exception of minor creasing along all edges, a very small line tear on lower front and corner bumping, in protective mylar. If purchasing internationally, please inquire about shipping charges before purchase. Ships within 1-2 business days. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Inscribed by Millard Sheets on the half-title. Brilliant career retrospective of the highly influential artist, designer, and educator who made an indelible impression on the Southern California landscape. Foreword by Richard Armour. Oblong quarto: 155 p. with numerous color reproductions and other illustrations. Original burgundy cloth binding, with silver titles. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with a short tear to the spine head that has been mended with tape on the verso. Better than very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed by Millard Sheets to the previous owner at the head of the title page. Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1984. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong - 10 x 11". 155 pp. Very good in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in mylar. Creases and closed tears along the edges of the dust jacket. The text appears unmarked. The binding is solid. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First printing signed and dated by the author on the half title page. 359 pages including Index, Notes, List of Interviews and Archival Collections Consulted, Appendix A: List of Sheets Studio Artists and Contractors and Home Savings artists, Appendix B: How the Sheets Studio Mosaics Were Made plus numerous illustrations, many in color. Brand new undamaged copy; the dust jacket has been put in a clear archival Brodart sleeve to keep it in pristine condition. "Millard Sheets and the artists associated with his studio in Southern California created extraordinary works of art for Home Savings and other financial institutions in the middle of the twentieth century. Like the marvelous mosaics, murals and stained glass illustrated in this book, Adam Arenson's Banking on Beauty depicts in rich color and detail the relationship between Sheets, his patron Howard Ahmanson, his studio collaborators, and the communities they hoped to serve. For readers interested in the nexus between beauty, commerce, and community, this is a must-read." -- Eric John Abrahamson, author of Building Home: Howard F. Ahmanson and the Politics of the American Dream. (Note: Photos may show magnified dust, a flash reflection, or color washout.) Paypal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes or priority envelopes secured with cardboard. Additional photos emailed upon request. This is a heavy, oversize book. Overseas shipping will be $77 Priority Mail. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Inscribed by the artist on the title page. Small tear on the bottom edge of the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. SIGNED. 155pp. Red cloth over boards with silver stamping. Oblong quarto [26.5 cm x 32 cm] ***Lacking the lithograph. The spine of the book is sunned. In the matching slipcase, with sunning to the edges. Number 9 in an edition limited to 100. Signed by Millard Sheets on the limitation page. Additionally, warmly inscribed by the author with his initials.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Viii, 155 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $40. Inscribed By Millard Sheets "To P--- With Highest Admiration And Warm Affection". With, Original Printed Millard Sheet's Promotional Bio Summary, 3 Pp., Dated 10/7/83, Laid In Loosely, With Hand Emphasis Marks. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Slipcase. Photographs, Illustrations, Color Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. Viii, 155 Pp. #30 Of A Limited Edition Of Only 100 Copies In Special Binding Of Two Kinds Of Maroon Cloth, Signed By The Artist On The Limitation Plate, In Matching Slipcase, Lacking The Accompanying Lithograph " The Island People Of Janitzo". Book Is Fine, Slipcase Near Fine With A Trace Of Wear. With, The Porogram For The Memorial Service For Sheets, 1989; Also With A Copy Of The 3 Page Artist's Resume Prepared By Sheets, Typed, Single Spaced, Dated 1983. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ. Original Lithograph, 28 Plates, Frontispiece Portrait Photograph By Edward Weston (illustrator). 1st Edition. #181 Of 1000 Copies, With Lithograph Signed In Pencil By Sheets. This Example Additionally Inscribed By Armitage To His Friend And Illustrator Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano, About Whom He Wrote A Book That Year (1935), "For Napolitano, Who Understands About This Book- Nov 1935 Merle Armitage". Napolitano Was Primarily A Muralist. Both Sheets And Napolitano Did Murals About This Time At South Pasadena Jr. High School, And Both Spoke At An Artist's Symposium In South Pasadena Related To That Work. Book Is Fine With Just A Trace Of Rubbing At A Few Points; The Oversize Dj Is Near Fine With Minute Losses At Corners Of Spine, Very Slight Browning To Spine, Three 1/4" Very Faint Foxing Spots To Front Panel, Very Faint Browning Along Edges, Three Very Short Closed Tears At Edges. With A Copy Of Millard Sheets' Own Summary Artistic Resume, 3 Single Spaced Typewritten Pages, Dated In 1983. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ. Original Lithograph, 28 Plates, Frontispiece Portrait Photograph By Edward Weston (illustrator). 1st Edition. #833 Of 1000 Copies, With Lithograph Signed In Pencil By Sheets. Book Is Near Fine With Traces Of Rubbing At Upper And Lower Edges; The Oversize Dj Is Near Fine, Some Browning On And Around Spine, And Is Trimmed Down Somewhat Inexactly Along The Top Edge To Match The Height Of The Book. With A Copy Of Millard Sheets' Own Summary Artistic Resume, 3 Single Spaced Typewritten Pages, Dated In 1983. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: F. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 130 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Fine. 1245 of 1500 numbered copies signed by Millard Sheets. 271st publication of LEC and the 4th of the 25th series. Introduced by JC Furnas and illustrated by Millard Sheets. Designed, printed and bound by Ward Ritchie et in intertype Waverley on Linweave paper on quarter brown cloth and the paper sides printed with a design from Sheets. 130 pages, 8 ĵ x 12 ĵ inches. The book is in fine condition, with a previous owner name in front written in pen and dated 1957. Otherwise internally clean and with no issues. The original slipcase is showing some wear and only VG. A collectible copy of this beautiful book. Print info from 1985 Bibliography and Snyman - Grossman LEC Checklist #271. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition. original blue cloth, limited edition of 1000, some foxing of endpapers otherwise clean and unmarked, jacket slightly bumped, signed by artist twice, 28 reproductions and one lithograph, photo of the artist by Weston. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Limited Edition #43/100. Oblong Quarto, 155 pages. In Very Good condition. Housed in publisher's burgundy cloth and maroon leather slip case, mildly worn. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth with a maroon leather strip across top edge. Silver lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Signed by Sheets and enumerated on limitation page in front of text block. Shelved in Front Table. 1399838. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. 1st. Limited Edition #420 of 1,000 copies. 4to. [8], 28, [4] pp. Frontispiece portrait photograph of Sheets by Edward Weston. 28 full-page black & white plates; one original SIGNED lithograph by Sheets. Includes articles by Armitage, Arthur Millier, and Hartley Burr Alexander. Blue paper boards with white lettering to front cover and spine in grey dustjacket with blue lettering and stars. A fine copy (minor shelf wear) in near fine dustjacket. (light wear along upper edge & 2 small chips to spine head). An uncommonly nice copy. (Purcell 37).

4to. pp. xviii, [1], 161, [1], [1 leaf]. 6 colur plates, 3-colour double-page title illus., 8 full-page 2-colour illus., & several head & tailpieces (most in 2 colours). quarter morocco. slipcase. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the Artist. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Los Angeles and New York: Dalzell Hatfield, 1935. Large 8vo, (12), 28 pp. followed by 28 black and white plates and (4)page appendix. Frontispiece portrait photo by Edward Weston, original signed lithograph by Sheets. Blue paper boards letttered in white. Some edgewear to the boards and light age-toning to contents; very good. § First edition with original signed lithograph by Sheets; number 433 of 1000 copies. Articles by Arthur Millar, Merle Armitage, and Dr Hartley Burr Alexander followed by a well-printed catalogue of Sheets's works. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Los Angeles / New York: Dalzell Hatfield, 1935. First Edition limited to 100 copies of which this is copy number 383. Hardcover. 4to - 8 ½ x 11". Includes one original lithograph, signed by Sheets. 28 reproductions. Good. No dust jacket. The boards are rubbed with fraying to the extremities. The interior appears unmarked. The binding is intact. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Artist: Millard Owen Sheets, American (1907 - 1989)Title: FieldYear: circa 1977Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencilEdition: 250Size: 24 in. x 35 in. (60.96 cm x 88.9 cm). Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Artist: Millard Owen Sheets, American (1907 - 1989)Title: Summer GoldYear: Circa 1977Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencilEdition: 250Size: 24 in. x 35 in. (60.96 cm x 88.9 cm). Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Artist: Millard Owen Sheets, American (1907 - 1989)Title: Brood Mare PastureMedium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencilEdition: 250Size: 24 in. x 40 in. (60.96 cm x 101.6 cm).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Artist: Millard Owen Sheets, American (1907 - 1989)Title: Mexican TravellersYear: Circa 1977Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencilEdition: 250Size: 24 in. x 35 in. (60.96 cm x 88.9 cm). Signed by Author(s).