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1970153176Los Angeles: Warner Brothers Records 1970. Original photographic artwork assemblage for Van Morrison's classic 1970 album with original double exposure photograph by David Gahr designed by Janet Planet and used by Warner Brothers Records as shooting artwork for the album cover.<br /> <br /> Production annotations in manuscript marker and pencil at bottom of board below the image. Annotations on verso noting "Van Morrison 'Cover' 1884" in manuscript marker with the "1884" being the album catalogue number and "the band street choir" just below in manuscript pencil.<br /> <br /> Gahr was a preeminent photographer of folk blues jazz and rock musicians for over four decades whose subjects include the likes of Bob Dylan John Lennon Miles Davis Bruce Springsteen Janis Joplin Peter Seeger and many many others. His work was regularly featured in the seminal rock magazine "Crawdaddy."<br /> <br /> Building on the critical successes of "Astral Weeks" 1968 and "Moondance" 1970 Morrison's fourth studio LP featured the highest charting single of his career "Domino." Originally titled "Virgo's Fool Street Choir" the LP was renamed prior to release without Morrison's consent by Warner Brothers.<br /> <br /> Photograph mounted on board with a clear acrylic overlay. Original black paper overlay included but not attached.<br /> <br /> Photograph 13 x 19 inches mounted to board as created measuring 15.5 x 24 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers Records unknown
195342288N. P.: Original Cover artwork by Frank Uppwall 1953. 1953. First edition. Original artwork by Frank Uppwall 1900 - rendered in oil on art board. A single sheet measuring 24" x 36 3/4" dry mounted to an art board for an overall size of 27" x 40." Signed by the artist at the lower center of the painting. This is a colorful and stunning cover painting for Charles Willeford's "Pick-Up" his second book issued as a paperback original by Beacon in 1955. A nihilistic early novel following "the pilgrimage of two lost and self-destructive lovers through the depths of San Francisco from cheap bars and rooming houses to psychiatric clinics and police stations" Polito Robert editor Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s Library of America. Though the image at the far right of the painting is the most recognizable the artwork first saw publication as the wrap-around cover art for George Weller's "Highway Episode" published by Royal Giant # 21 in 1953. Upwall's painting ranks among the earliest original artwork for a Willeford novel of which we are aware. Included with this original artwork are first edition copies of "Pick-Up" in fine condition and "Highway Episode" in very good condition. The artwork is in fine condition beautifully mounted and framed. Original Cover artwork by Frank Uppwall, 1953. paperback
1920D7114Berlin and Charlottenburg mostly 1920s-1930s. Hardcover. Fine. Custom linen box gilt-stamped lettering "Werbeentwürfe - E. Teschemacher" in brown leather label affixed to front board; about 16 x 20 inches; contains mock-ups preliminary and finished illustrations and designs for houses advertisements bookplates letterheads calendars announcements and more -- even hand-painted decorative motifs in Art Nouveau-style. Various sizes on paper heavy cardstock and onionskin; and in ink pencil or full-color painting. Some duplicates but well over 100 distinct designs. Highlights include full-color paintings for Tiergarten Nuremberg a tiger's face Aerozon Fabrik women's swimwear; and ink drawings for Minimax "Das Schönste Geschenk!" Moton a pesticide Rapsch Kriegsbund der Offizierfrauen. Numerous pencil drawings range from hastily brain-stormed sketches to typographic experiments and detailed streetscapes and scenes. Some projects are available from start to finish -- a pencil sketch turned presentation in ink and the final printed product. <br/><br/>Erich Teschemacher was an architect painter poster artist and graphic designer educated at Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin. He was married to the commercial artist Marga Renner and echoes of her resonate in this collection as well: a notebook of 10 embroidery designs in pencil and color and two different exhibition announcments for a show of modern residential interiors. hardcover
198484246Anthoensen Press the Limited Editions Club. As New. 1984. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- - Corresponds to ASIN: B001F3I68Y. SIGNED by the ARTIST LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES. Xxxii 306 4 pages; 22 silkscreens by Sol Lewitt. -- with a bonus offer-- . Anthoensen Press, the Limited Editions Club hardcover
1940140944630New York: Simon and Schuster 1940. First edition. First edition. First printing with title page dated 1940 and no additional printings indicated on copyright page. xiv 380 1 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with light rubbing along edges and to gilt in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with thin closed tear near head small stain to rear panel toning along edges of flaps. Nice shape overall. Rare as a first printing.<p>An engaging and accessible volume on mathematics. This first edition lays claim to the first published use of the now era-defining term "google" or as it was originally the "Googolplex". Kasner describes with good humor both the immense breadth of the number the Googolplex represents and the coinage of the term itself from the mouth of his nine-year-old nephew. Simon and Schuster unknown
1919006803Milano-Roma: Alfieri & Lacroix 1919. Limited First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good. No. 186 of 250 limitation. Scarce -- only copy recorded on OCLC First Search at BNF! Elephantine folio 66 by 49 cm with pictorial element excluding margins of mounted sheet 43 by 28 cm. Title page preface table of contents followed by 20 plates depicting the Italian navy and sailors during the First World War. All leaves loose as issued. Nine of the plates depict the Italian navy in one way or another and 11 plates relate to the Serbian retreat during the war. Eight of the plates are portraits the remainder being action scenes. The artwork is broad stroked and has elements of Expressionism. Captured is both the heroism of the sailors and the grimness bleakness and suffering of war. The illustrations are two toned with the color varying but always solemn and dark in feel. Carpi 1886-1973 was a notable Italian artist who among other things helped design new stained glass windows for the Duomo in Milan. During the Second World War he was imprisoned by the Germans in a concentration camp an experience he recorded in sketches and writings -- thus in some sense a counterpart to this series of artwork covering the First World War. Portfolio folder with another Carpi illustration. With ribbon ties. Condition: the portfolio folder has been rebacked and had other restoration. Minor closed tearing to edges of leaves. The title and following leaf has light foxing. Alfieri & Lacroix unknown
1956843London: Collins 1956. Original dustjacket artwork for the First British Edition of Calvino's first novel. The novel told from a child's perspective paints the trauma of war torn Italy using a variety of impressive characters namely a young boy and his teenage sister who are depicted on the jacket. The only artwork we have seen associated with one of Calvino's books and quite dazzling in comparison to its American counterpart. Gouache on artboard with the image measuring 9.5 X 12 inches and the board measuring 10.5 X 15 inches; signed by artist Trevor Denning near lower right corner. Brief pencilled notation regarding measurments on the lower margin with the publisher author and translator's names overlaid and mounted to the piece on thick cardstock. The printers' instruction sheet for Collins is handwritten on pink stock affixed on verso. Collins unknown
196562964New York & Bronx NY Los Angeles CA: Harold Berson ca. 1965-1978. 12mo. sized 3 x 5 in. up to 8 x 11 in. 4to. 81 separate pen & ink drawings intended for text illustrations and page illustrations many with paginations some for during printing mock-ups while most appear in storyboard format others are just image montages most on translucent paper with a couple on ruled paper some with fold creases from mailing and 1 w/ portion burned at margin still a remarkable set of original artwork. This exceptional archive original illustrations reflect the artist’s interests in whimsical fairy tale and folk tale settings and exotic locales he embraces from his many travels. Several of the first grouping within this archive depict a rural thatched roof farm and family with animals while another group focuses on a Japanese folktale. About 25% of the illustrations are focused on his book Raminagrobis and the Mice including notes on colours assorted stages of a few of the illustrations and others. The remainder appear focused on “Kassim’s Shoes†and others including his “Mother Goose†with inventive portrayals of animals and nicely executed storyboarding. As a sociologist and folklorist Berson actively sketched and drew from his surroundings in Europe the Middle East and North Africa to create inventive and engaging worlds for young readers. Berson 1926-1986 was born in Los Angeles served at the end of World War II and was an avid traveler. He graduated from UCLA with a BA in 1953 and spent most of the next two decades traveling in Europe studying art in Paris and then living in Spain France Italy Yugoslavia Turkey North Africa and after 1958 together with his fellow artist & wife Paula Winter Berson 1929-2003. His first illustrated book was “Loretta Mason Potts†by Mary Chase in 1958. He is perhaps best-remembered for his whimsical fairy tale creatures in his Henry Possum Mabel Watts’s “The King and the Whirlybird†“Mother Goose Treasury†“Raminagrobis and the Mice†“King Midas and the Golden Touch†and many others. Harold Berson, unknown
196443865London: Jonathan Cape n. d. 1964. 1964. First edition. Approximately 20" x 26 1/2" framed and glazed original color poster for Len Deighton's "Funeral In Berlin" and signed in ink by Raymond Hawkey next to his printed design credit at the lower right of the poster. The poster pictures a chessboard and chess pieces of a Nazi skull a hand grenade and a machine gun. An attractive design in excellent condition and very scarce to rare. Jonathan Cape, n. d. (1964). unknown
1932D37241932. Hardcover. Fine. Half brown cloth and morocco with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Fine. Contains 21 grey heavy cardstock leaves each with a tipped-on drawing 6-by-7-inches colored by hand usually in watercolor and pencil. Osborn holds forth in 19 cartoons on the subjects of hair and California. Also includes 2 more serious drawings both concerned with landscape and the human figure. <br/><br/>Early original cartoons by the noted caricaturist cartoonist and satiric commentator Robert Osborn who died in 1994 at age 90. Educated at the University of Wisconsin and Yale University where he was art editor of the Yale Record Osborn studied painting in Rome and Paris before returning to teach art and philosophy at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut. At the outbreak of World War II he enlisted in the Navy with the hope of becoming an aviator. He was assigned to an information unit under the command of the photographer Edward Steichen. As a Navy officer he learned the art of speed drawing and over his military career produced some 40000 drawings for training manuals -- many of them featuring a cartoon character named Dilbert a blunderer who violated rules of military safety. In 1946 he achieved his first public recognition for "War Is No Damn Good" said to be the first antiwar book of the nuclear age. He went on to draw for Harper's Fortune Life and Look and became a regular contributor to The New Republic. Garry Trudeau creator of the "Doonesbury" strip called Mr. Osborn "one of the very few masters of illustrative cartooning." hardcover
196962962New York; Los Angeles CA & Bronx NY: Beman Lord 106 East 85th Harold Berson Dec. 1969. 8vo. Approx. 150 separate pen & ink drawings a few water-coloured apparently intended for possible frontisp. or dustjacket cover all laid-out with margins and blanks left for text to be inserted later during printing mock-ups all w/ neat pagination below some with editorial notes; 4to. 14 leaves carbon copy typescript editing corrections in pencil & ink further notes w/ original working title center fold crease from mailing all preserved in original manila mailing envelope with postmark dated Dec. 5 1969 in excellent condition and from the library of Harold Berson artist. This exceptional typescript manuscript and complete suite of original illustrations provide splendid specimens for children’s book publishing during the Civil Rights & Women’s Rights movements through the Vietnam-War era. Set against the backdrop of a new young woman teacher convincing her young students to embrace intramural soccer and set up a league with other nearby schools fielding teams of all genders and races. The title was changed to “Shrimp’s Soccer Goal†when published by H.Z. Walck in 1970 but evidently intended by Lord & Berson to focus on the impact of young Miss Taylor’s enthusiasm for soccer her admiration of Pele after traveling to Brazil to see him play and inspire her students to learn the sport. The young “Negro†character Paul the best athlete is best friends with “Shrimp†and they both belong to neighborhood club with three others with Steve encouraging the young people to become involved in social justice causes. In 1969-1970 the United States featured the newly created professional soccer league sanctioned by FIFA -- North American Soccer League whose most successful franchise was the New York Cosmos who later managed to recruit both Pele from Brazil and Franz Breckenbauer from West Germany to play for them. Berson 1926-1986 was born in Los Angeles served at the end of World War II and was an avid traveler. He graduated from UCLA with a BA in 1953 and spent most of the next two decades traveling in Europe studying art in Paris and then living in Spain France Italy Yugoslavia Turkey North Africa and after 1958 together with his fellow artist & wife Paula Winter Berson 1929-2003. His first illustrated book was “Loretta Mason Potts†by Mary Chase in 1958. He is perhaps best-remembered for his whimsical fairy tale creatures in his Henry Possum Mabel Watts’s “The King and the Whirlybird†“Mother Goose Treasury†“Raminagrobis and the Mice†“King Midas and the Golden Touch†and many others. Beman Lord, 106 East 85th, Harold Berson, unknown
1940D7485n.p. but England c. 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Original grey cloth over boards decorative paste-downs; 195 x 260 mm; pp. 47 with tipped-on typed text some handwritten annotations and underlines. Extra illustrated with clippings postcards original drawings ephemera and one photograph. Dedicated to Gertrude Alison Densler. Uniformly toned at edges; gently worn; minor tears. <br/><br/>Book commences with the popular Italian tale "Fagiolino" by Elisa Amati translated by Alan C. Dunn. Containing 26 clipped illustration pasted to leaves and hand-colored pen and ink drawings depicting characters from the story. After which book includes typed poems by William Blake William Shakespeare Walter de la Mare Carl Sandburg; and other original works by the poet are clipped and pasted-in. An original hand-drawn paper doll with original hats and clothes are secured by decorative pockets. A charming "book of favorites" and a sophisticated compilation; sketches and poems collaged into this album offer a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a young artist and poet. hardcover
19700039281970 A unique and original artwork from the celebrated political satirist John Kent. This is a magnificent large drawing created for the issue of 21st December 1970. It measures 30" x 20" and is signed by John Kent. The episode depicts the then PM Edward Heath and one of the worst rogues in Tory history the racist Enoch Powell. Beautiful clean artwork with no sign of a correction. Varoomshka was the blonde bombshell who appeared for many years in The Guardian. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Illus. by John Kent. Soft cover. Fine. paperback
195430128<p>HBDJ Stated First British Printing 1954. Pre Series List Thru Clue Velvet Mask VG/VG-. AS-IS Pre Series List Thru Clue Velvet Mask SCARCE DUSTJACKET HAS MODERATE EDGEWEAR and slight browning to back edge DJ. THE BOOK IS IN VG SHAPE WITH NO MARKS OR WRITING . BACK OF DJ HAS 4 B/W & RED COMIC LIKE ILLUSTRATIONS OF NANCY WITH HER HOLDING LANTERN IN LAST 1 WITH BLURB ABOUT NEXT ADVENTURE BUNGALOW MYSTERY BACK INNER FLAP LISTS GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY HARDY BOYS & ENID BLYTON NOW FOR A STORY BLUE Spine DJ WITH #2 AT BTM in White with HH & Son in Black <br /> 224 pages with THICK turquoise GREEN boards with Nancy with Spyglass. FRONT INNER FLAP DJ LISTS THRU CLUE OF VELVET MASK OR 30 TITLES WITH PRICE INNER FLAP 6/- NET BACK INNER FLAP LISTS GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY HARDY BOYS & ENID BLYTON NOW FOR A STORY SHOWS 5/- NET Price SCARCE DUSTJACKET HAS EDGEWEAR light wear Scuff & small mended Tears creases near edges- There is a small tear and creasmark on the jacket front at the bottom BLUE Spine DJ has small Chips AT ENDS not affecting Text WITH #2 AT BTM in White with HH & Son in Black has scuffing Tiny light crease along Spine DJ at Btm End BACK DJ HAS Comic Like Drawings in Red & B&W Figure NANCY WITH Clue in Diary At Btm with Word READ Printed Dustjacket has mild shelfwear Tiny Chips Tears Extremities Interior Nice tight Clean Light Wear Fox NO ADS IN Back Harold Hill printed on book spine indicates this is the original printing. DJ Protected by Clear Mylar Publishers Tinted top outer pgs Top edges Tinted in Dark Blue Nice Bright 5 X 7 1/2 in. Interior Nice white pages with no marks or writing Thick Turquoise Green Cloth WITH SILHOUETTE Nancy with Spyglass Spine DJ slight edgewear Scuff B/W FRONTISPIECE by R. H. Tandy And that isn't the Worst Look Up ThereNO OTHER INTERNALS FRONT INNER FLAP DJ LISTS THRU CLUE OF VELVET MASK OR 30 TITLES WITH PRICECLIPPED DJ Frank Varty artwork SHOWS 2 OLD WOMEN IN ATTIC 1 WEARING YELLOW SHAWL & other in Long Black dress with White Collar WATCHING Blonde HAIRED NANCY DREW WEARING BLUE & WHITE POLKA DOT TOP & ORANGE SKIRT GOING THRU Framed PAINTINGS WITH HER HANDON WALL 1ST BRITISH EDITION<br /><br /></p> Newcastle Upon Tyne: Harold Hill & Son Ltd UK ENGLAND hardcover
1984108491Anthoensen Press the Limited Editions Club 1984-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 8x5x1. As new Limited Editions Club issue #536 of 1500 signed by Sol Lewitt in slipcase as issued. oversized and overweight. A52 Please email for photos. Anthoensen Press, the Limited Editions Club hardcover
192355081Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo Buch- und Zeitungs-Verlag G.m.b.H. 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Good to very good condition. Folio 12 1/4 x 9 1/4". 16pp Text; 1 color plate 65 artworks on 48pp. Plates 2pp Index. Original tan quarter cloth over gray cloth with black lettering to gilt-stamped horizontal bars on cover. Back cover with blind-stamped publisher's device. Gray textured endpapers. Archipenko b/w portrait photograph on regular glossy paper and Archipenko painting in color on heavy glossy paper not paginated following title page. Printed No. 25 no stated limitation and signed A. Archipenko on title page. <br /> <br /> Splendidly illustrated throughout with sixty-five b/w illustrations of Archipenko's sculptures paintings and sketches. This work is the first monograph devoted to Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko 1887-1964 a renown Ukrainian avant-garde artist sculptor and graphic artist.<br /> <br /> Text in German. Light wear along edges of binding small chip at head of spine this rubbed and minor age-toning along edges of block. Light staining and rubbing of front cover. Missing front free endpaper. Block with light rippling at upper foredge due to water exposure. Binding in overall good to good interior in very good condition. Ukrainske Slowo, Buch- und Zeitungs-Verlag G.m.b.H. hardcover
198644327Washington DC: Mage Publishers Inc 1986. First Trade Edition. Quarto 28.75cm; full black cloth with titling and artist's facsimile signature stamped in white on spine and front cover; illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 1431pp; illus; text is in French and English. Inscribed by the artist to Broadway star Sondra Lee on the first blank page "Pour Sondra / trés amicalement / Franta / April 87" beneath a full-page mixed media illustration of two nude figures sitting cross-legged opposite each other. Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. Laid into this copy is an invitation for the 2001 exhibition Franta: "oeuvres choisies" signed by the artist in teal marker with two other signed invitations send to Sondra Lee laid in. <br /> <br /> The first monograph of Franta's work tracing "his development from the 1960s when he first arrived in France a refugee from Czechoslovakia up to his recent exhibitions in New York and Paris." A bilingual edition with 109 illustrations 50 of them in color. A distinguished copy with a masterful full-page work of art. Provenance: From the library of Sondra Lee. Mage Publishers, Inc unknown
1927165308New York: Macaulay 1927. First American Edition published the same year as the French Edition under the title "La Demoiselle aux yeux verts" and the UK edition by Hurst under the title "The Girl with the Green Eyes". The 15th Arsène Lupin novel. <br /> <br /> Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket lightly rubbed at the corners and folds. A superb copy. Macaulay unknown
193757594Portland OR: Howard Fisher The Oregon Journal ca. 1937-1947. Five original pen & ink cartoon drawings sized from 13.25 x 18.5 in. up to 14 x 19 in. executed on thick card stock w/ one embossed “Glarco No. 1†at outer fore-edge 1 w/ “Strathmore†blind stamp at upper corner all camera-ready for printer still retaining some pencil annotations & ruling at outer fore-edges of image four of the five signed at lower fore-edge one twice both with signature and the artist’s iconic beaver in checkered pants minor dustsoiling light toning to fore-edges of a couple still NF exemplars. These five exceptional original political cartoon drawings reflect not only the impact of the automobile and importance of automobile travel in the World War II-era Pacific Northwest but also offer an intriguing quick snapshot of many issues we still confront as a society today. The first shows a uniformed policeman setting on a bedstead with looming anthropomorphic license plate trying to convince a resistant driver hiding under his covers to renew his license plates. License plates at the time were issued annually with necessary fees to pay for road maintenance policing and also ensured that automobiles were drivable with many municipalities requiring safety inspections. The next two both address the public safety issues of traffic accidents and the toll on pedestrians against the backdrop that at the time few municipalities or states actually required driver’s training for licenses and in the late 1930’s and 1940’s accidents fluctuated from 75 to 125 fatalities per 100000 registered vehicles as opposed to less than 20 in the 2000’s. One shows driving tips and encouraging safer speeds while the other graphically includes a skeletal skull as a front grille at night hurtling towards a pedestrian in the rain. The fourth cartoon announces “Oregon’s tourist business will be lifted toward the $ 50000000 mark†and trees and fish all welcoming automobile travelers speeding towards the “Great Oregon Outdoors.†By the early 1940’s tourism driven by automobiles was the third largest business in the state and would further expand following World War II and later construction of the Interstate Highway system. The final cartoon touts the move to build the Sullivan Gulch Expressway which would later become the Banfield Freeway named after T. harry Banfield and I-84 with development around the Lloyd Center and other apartment housing. The site was one of the largest “Hooverville†shantytown during the Great Depression housing at one time over 300 living in 130 shanties and only really finally closed during World War II. Fisher 1890-1962 attended college in Eastern Washington later studied art at the Portland Art Museum and by 1919 had begun working as cartoonist with The Oregon Journal Newspaper where he would remain until retiring in 1956 publishing over 9300 editorial cartoons. His trademark was an impish beaver wearing one-suspender checkered trousers signed about two-thirds of his drawings with none usually dated but often dating with matter incidental to the events of the week. His topics ranged from the New Deal to Truman Eisenhower World War II War Atrocities local events and more. The University of Washington and University of Oregon both have portions of original Fisher political cartoons and caricatures. See: Historic Editorial Cartoon Exhibit The Oregonian 1850-2000 Oregon Historical Society March 23 2014; Peter Kelley Captured in Ink: Historical Cartoons and Caricatures UW News June 27 2018; Howard Fisher Cartoons Editorial Cartoons MSS 1702 Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Howard Fisher, The Oregon Journal], unknown
196062025Albany OR: Fred F. Calson ca. 1960. Seven original paintings. Oblong folio. 20 x 15 in. painted in muted gouache on Crescent Illustration Board No. 300 with original label indicating the board were purchased from the Duedall-Potts Stationers in downtown Albany OR and all are signed by the artist minor age toning & wear to fore-edges very slight scuffing still an excellent bright group. This series of military industrial concept art paintings appear to have been executed sometime around 1960 and most likely for articles in Popular Mechanics Mechanix Illustrated or military-specific periodicals focusing on weapons development. The first painting captures a jet close to the Lockheed F-104 but tale configuration different bombing a section of jungle with massive explosion in center of painting; 4-tracked dozer & trailer being lowered by Sikorsky dual-rotor helicopter into the debris; the caterpillar 4-tracked dozer then clearing the debris and finally being reloaded into dual-rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Other proposed military applications for the same four-track platform were an ambulance in battlefield conditions with one soldier carrying another to the open back door; four-tube rocket launcher featuring sharp angles and planes foreshadowing the ungainly Tesla Truck and finally portable communications with revolving antenna and operator in rear half of the four-track vehicle. Although the proposed innovations as depicted in the concept art do not specifically mention a manufacturer or company these appear to be quite similar in operation and construction as the famed Tucker Sno-Cat 4-track vehicles which were historically developed and built in the company factory based out of Medford Oregon and famously used by Sir Vivian Fuchs in crossing Antarctica overland in 1958. Calson 1927-2009 was a Detroit-born commercial artist who served in the U.S. Army during World War II then the Army Air Force and later studied at Art Center. He became a noted industrial illustrator and commercial artist as well as farmer and woodworker. He was also well-known for his set designs and backdrops for the Lebanon Theater Workshop in Albany Oregon. Fred F. Calson, unknown
1931D45551931. Paperback. Very Good. A sweet little hand-made volume illustrated in full-color throughout; about 4.5-by-6 inches 20 pages including front and rear cover alternately bound with staples or glue. This joyful ode to Christmas booty as in presents features a Schnauzer in holly and red bow bounding through an alphabet of potential gifts as though through a store. Perhaps created as a mock-up story board or even a potential magazine lay-out it begins with Shophound sitting in his Vogue office on Christmas Eve most illustrations are drawn hastily though nonetheless legible and pleasing in colored pencil with two tipped-on illustrations cut from an unidentified source likely a Tiffany's catalogue. A little finger-smudged with graphite and with faint editorial notes in the margins buttressing the possibility that this is an early draft of a larger project. <br/><br/> paperback
1959007581Haessler Feature Service 1959. Framed. Near Fine. Sandburg wrote four lines in red ink to the right of his portrait: "Poetry is a sliver of the moon lost in the belly of a golden frog." If ever there were a quote for the ages . . . The poster itself is done virtually entirely by hand. In other words a manuscript! Measuring 42 by 34 cm the exposed part at least and with frame and matting 56 by 48 cm. We have found no evidence that this poster was ever printed. Haessler Feature Service unknown
1930D7486England c. 1930. Ephemera. Very Good. Disbound broken text block only; 176 x 227 mm; 78 lined pages with text handwritten in black ink and fine illustrations in ink and/or gouache; plus a photo and a short article clipped from a newspaper and neatly tipped-on. This volume perhaps fell into the hands of a terrorist younger sibling as a few pages are scribbled on or have chips or scuffs where it appears that a tipped-on item has been removed. Still the surviving pages are remarkable and -- since the binding is already broken -- begging for display. Our author intials his artwork "L.C.S." and his thoughtful text reveals his age 16 years the names of his fellow scouts Cooles Adams Burchett Matthews Moore and scout leaders Sanders Ward and some details about activities in Gilwell Park and around Bournemouth. But L.C.S. is clearly more interested in honing his artistic skills than writing much down -- the bulk of this volume is given over to his impressively accomplished decorative borders full-page gouache landscapes and comical ink sketches. He provides maps of camp sites at Colyton and Upton; cartoons of sites being invaded by cows or bees; goache portraits of Native American Indians or animals or sweeping landscapes; portraits of scouts in uniform that illustrate the different uniforms used in Spain Czechoslovakia Iceland Denmark Sweden Norway Siam Poland Scotland and Hungary. He excells at embellishments ornate lettering and decorative borders and it happens frequently that he'll create an elaborate border for a page but then neglect to fill it. <br/><br/> unknown
1945D7489likely Germany 1945. Paperback. Very Good. Heavy cardstock leaves oblong 325 x 250 mm bound with thin blue rope tassled along spine; pp. 54 with text handwritten in black ink in German and English with original illustrations in ink or ink and gouache both in text and full-page. Created from 32 leaves some of them glued together along the edges creating a new page when the author/illustrator wanted to change her lay-out text or illustration -- these have since become detached offering an interesting look at the author's creative process. Binding broken and leaves loose but in excellent condition suitable for display. The artwork is extraordinary -- showing cute little chicks as their adventure takes them from fields full of flowers to lakes brimming with colorful fish. It tells a story of 3 little chicks who find a mysterious blue egg which they are told not to play with but they do and learn some valuable lessons from the consequences. Though little is known about the author she appears in a tiny b/w photograph on the ultimate full-page illustration. More of her unrelated artwork is laid-in at rear including pastels of trees floral arrangements in gouache -- lovely suitable for framing. <br/><br/> paperback
196262965Paris France & Madrid Spain: Harold Berson April 1962. 4to. Six original pen & ink sketches by Berson sized 6.75 x 8.8 in. preserved in the original “Dessin†sketchpad of the artist w/ cartoon on front cover and artist’s signature and date of 4/25/62 front cover tears at gutter margin of a couple drawings a couple detached still an excellent group of original sketches together w/ large unidentified charcoal drawing on recto paint blotches on verso from the artist working. A splendid portfolio of six original pen & ink sketches by the noted children’s artist for an apparently unpublished rendition of the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza from Cervantes. The first drawing depicts Don Quixote attacking the flock of sheet mistakenly believing that they were two armies marching against one another; freeing of the chained galley slaves; stabbing the wine sacks; waving sword and armour just before destroying the puppet show representing the Moors while Sancho Panza holds his head; as well as image of Don Quixote in the cow cart and Sancho Panza dutifully riding alongside. Also included is what appears to be a detailed drawing of short and pot-bellied Sancho Panza. Berson 1926-1986 was born in Los Angeles served at the end of World War II and was an avid traveler. He graduated from UCLA with a BA in 1953 and spent most of the next two decades traveling in Europe studying art in Paris and then living in Spain France Italy Yugoslavia Turkey North Africa and after 1958 together with his fellow artist & wife Paula Winter Berson 1929-2003. His first illustrated book was “Loretta Mason Potts†by Mary Chase in 1958. He is perhaps best-remembered for his whimsical fairy tale creatures in his Henry Possum Mabel Watts’s “The King and the Whirlybird†“Mother Goose Treasury†“Raminagrobis and the Mice†“King Midas and the Golden Touch†and many others. Harold Berson, unknown
