Scandinavia Beckons

Amy Oakley /Thornton Oakley, Illustrator(Signed by Author and Illustrator)

Verlag: D. Appleton-Century, New York and London, 1938

Beschreibung

First Edition. Inscribed to the Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia by the author and the illustrator on the dedication page. The book is bound in turquoise cloth with title and author stamped in gilt on the front cover. Spine has darkened and the covers have soiling and staining. Deckled fore-edges. There is a .75" closed tear on the fore-edge of the ffe. Remains of a bookplate on the front paste-down. Otherwise, pages are clean, smooth and unmarked. Illustrated with 129 black and white illustrations by the American illustrator and husband of the author , thornton Oakely. Oakley was a student of Howard Pyle at his studio in Chadd's Ford and was deeply influenced by the Pyle philosophy-"Pictorial Making Clear" in the art of illustration. The illustrations in this book were inspired by drawings the artist made while traveling in Scandinavia with his wife and daughter. 540 pp. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1708098230057

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Scandinavia Beckons

Verlag: D. Appleton-Century, New York and London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1938

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Signiert: Inscribed by Illustrator(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition