1946 Ink & Blood WWII Inscribed: Arthur Szyk to Hugo Johnstown, Limited Edition

Arthur Szyk (Artist), Struthers Burt

Published by Heritage Press, 1946

About this Item

Ink and Blood. A Book of Drawings by Arthur Szyk with a Prefatory text by Struthers Burt. New York: Heritage Press, 1946. This Copy is Inscribed to Hugo R. Johnstone By the Artist Arthur Szyk. This Edition is Limited to 1000 Inscribed Copies. The Book has been Designed by Richard W. Ellis, the Color-Plates Having Been Made by Knapp Engraving Company. ALSO Signed by Hugo R. Johnstone Coronado 1946". Original slip case. 18 p of text + LXXIV Plates. Leather bound edition measuring 12.5 x 9", 4to. In fair condition. Decorated paper covered slip case scuffed at edges and corners; head and tail of slip case scuffed with some loss of decorated paper. Leather boards rubbed at edges and corners; hinges rubbed. Gilt lettering on spine exhibits some scuffing, but legible. Artist's inscription found on front fly-leaf. Light off-setting to leaves adjacent to tipped-in color plates. Light toning at edges of leaves. Hugo R. Johnstone signature found on rear end-page (recto). Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Arthur Szyk (1894 1951) was a Polish-born Jewish artist who worked primarily as a book illustrator and political artist throughout his career. Arthur Szyk was born into a prosperous middle-class Jewish family in Lodz, in the part of Poland under Russian rule in the 19th century. An acculturated Polish Jew, Szyk always proudly regarded himself both as a Pole and a Jew. From 1921, he lived and created his works mainly in France and Poland; in 1937 he moved to the United Kingdom. In 1940, he settled permanently in the United States, and was granted American citizenship in 1948. There are hand-made patterned endpapers and a slipcase that matches the pattern of the endpapers. Signed limited first edition, one of 1000 inscribed copies, of this striking collection of Szyk's wartime propaganda work, with color frontispiece and 74 plates, six in color and mounted (the rest printed in sepia duotone). Signed by both Arthur Szyk & Hugo R. Johnstone (to whom the work is inscribed). RAREA1946OPQA - 01/20 FORN-TUB-0069-BB-2503-HKREV588.

Seller Inventory # FORN-TUB-0069-BB-2503-HKREV588

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1946 Ink & Blood WWII Inscribed: Arthur Szyk to Hugo Johnstown, Limited Edition
• Publisher: Heritage Press
• Publication Date: 1946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Signed: Inscribed by Illustrator(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fornwalds