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Of Men and Mountains
Ausable Forks, NY: Asgaard pres, 1959. Softcover. Green wraps with black lettering and illustration; bw frontispiece, 46 pp. 14+ illustrations w/in text. Written by Kent after he successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to have a visa issued so that he could travel abroad. Nice illustrations. Printed in edition of 2500..... More
Rockwell Kent (American Artists Group Monograph No.2)
New York: American Artists Group, 1945. Hardcover. Blue boards with bw portrait of artist on cover with white lettering, 60 unnumbered pp. 1 color, 49 bw repros. Contains 11 pages of text by Kent, excerpted from his various books, in addition to repros. Brief biographical note at end. More
Rockwell Kent's Greenland Journal
New York, NY: Ivan Obolensky, 1962. First Trade Edition, Signed and Inscribed by the Author. Hardcover. Light brown illustrated DJ; light green cloth over boards with silver lettering on the spine; 302 pp.; richly illustrated. Lengthy but whimsical inscription by the author to the previous owner. "Account of [Kent's] year's..... More
Rockwell Kent, 1882-1971
New York, New York: National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1971. Paperback. Tan portfolio with black lettering, which houses a book and leaves of plates; book is white stapled wraps with black lettering and illustration and [32] pp. with illustration; 27 unnumbered leaves of plates. This is a rare portfolio collection..... More
Salamina
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering and illustration on spine, xix, 336 pp. 23 full-page bw illustrations. "First published in 1935, Salamina details artist and adventurer Rockwell Kent's second trip to Greenland. Salamina unfolds as a series of vivid vignettes..... More
TO THEE! A Toast In Celebration of A Century of Opportunity and Accomplishment in America, 1847-1947
Manitowoc, WI: Rahr Malting Company, 1946. limited. Hardcover. Orange boards. 59 pp. numerous illustrations. A privately published book which Kent wrote and illustrated. Contains 58 pictures or vignettes designed and executed by Kent. A very nice copy except for the mentioned tear. More
American Institute of Graphic Arts: Fifty Prints exhibited by The Institute, 1927
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. One of 500 copies. Hardcover. Orange-pink DJ with blue lettering and illustration; half-bound blue and colorfully illustrated boards, with gilt lettering; unpaginated; richly illustrated. A wonderful copy. More
American Institute of Graphic Arts: Fifty Prints exhibited by The Institute, 1926
New York: John Day Company, 1927. One of 500 copies. Hardcover. Off-white DJ with black lettering and illustration; half-bound black and purple boards, with gilt lettering; unpaginated; richly illustrated. A wonderful copy. More
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (vol. 1 only)
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1932. Hardcover. Black cloth, red title and publisher plates on spine, 1104 pp., 4 BW plates. Volume one only of the two-volume set of this autobiography penned by Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798). This edition was translated into English by Arthur Machen, with an intro by..... More
Gabriel: a Poem in One Song
New York: Covici-Friede, 1929. limited to 750 numbered copies. Softcover. Thick card plain glued wraps, with gilt lettering on spine. x, 33, [1] pp. title vignette & 4 text illus. (1 full-page). Number 658 of Limited to 750 numbered copies printed on Arnold unbleached, hand-made cream wove paper and bound..... More
City Child: Poems
New York: Colophon Ltd., 1931. Hardcover. Gray and light blue paper boards with slate blue cloth spine; white title block with black lettering on spine; 64 uncut pages with small bw illustrations throughout. Matching slipcase. "This book, one of three hundred copies each signed by the author and by the..... More
Leaves of Grass
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1977. Hardcover. Decorative gren boards. xli, 527 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Includes the preface to the 1855 ed. More
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Southern Cross: A Novel of the South Seas with a Review of Stories in Pictures from Earliest Times
Los Angeles, CA: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1951. Hardcover. Black paper over boards with red illustration on front cover, red cloth spine with gilt lettering, [255] pp, profusely illustrated in black and white. Signed by Laurence Hyde on title half page. "This is not the story of Bikini but is..... More
A Birthday Book by Rockwell Kent
New York: Random House, 1931. Hardcover. Blue and white illustrated cloth boards with red lettering. Unpaginated. BW illustrations.1. Number 426 of 1850 by The Pynson Press, all signed by Rockwell Kent. Features 20 illustrations by Kent. More
A Birthday Book by Rockwell Kent
New York: Random House, 1931. Hardcover. Blue and white illustrated cloth boards with red lettering. Unpaginated. BW illustrations. Number XXX (multiple copies, different numbers) of 1850 by The Pynson Press, all signed by Rockwell Kent. Features 20 illustrations by Kent. More
The Home Decorator and Color Guide (Illustrated by Rockwell Kent)
USA: Sherwin-Williams Company, 1939. Softcover. Color wraps. 25 pp. 25+ color plates. This charming decorating guide, written and illustrated by Rockwell Kent, includes a two-page introduction, a six-page essay, "As You Make Your Bed" that is filled with delightful stories, a brief biography of Rockwell Kent, and a paint primer..... More
How I Make a Wood Cut; `
Pasadena: Esto Publishing Company, 1934. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with past on title block. 22 pages, 1 leaf : frontispiece. One thousand copies of this first edition were printed. More
The Jewel: A Romance of Fairyland
Portland, ME: The Baxter Society, 1990. Hardcover. Boxed cloth. The companion booklet has 5 color and 6 bw plates having to do with Kent and this particular title. This is the first-and until now unpublished- book by Kent, both written and illustrated by him. Written for his lover, Hildegarde Hirsch..... More
A Northern Christmas
New York: Random House, 1983. Hardcover. Cream & color illus. boards, matching cream & color illus. slipcase, [48 pp.] , 18 BW illus. "This special edition of Rockwell Kent's A Northern Christmas is a publishing event in keeping with the longstanding relationship between Random House and Rockwell Kent. Well-known for..... More
Portinari: His Life and Art
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940. second impression. Hardbound. Original blue cloth boards, no dj. vi, 9 pp. text plus [106] pp. of plates, 92 B&W plates, 8 color plates, including frontispiece. Text in English. Large and generous plates of works by Brazilian artist Candido Portinari. More
This Is My Own
NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940. Hardcover. Tan cloth. xi, [5], 393 pp. 105 bw illustrations. An autobiographical book which details Kent's existence after returning from about 12 years of traveling, to settle in the Adirondacks. Signed with his usual small signature on the front flyleaf. Lovely copy, with a...... More
TO THEE! A Toast In Celebration of A Century of Opportunity and Accomplishment in America, 1847-1947
Manitowoc, WI: Rahr Malting Company, 1946. limited. Hardcover. Orange boards. 59 pp. numerous illustrations. A privately published book which Kent wrote and illustrated. Contains 58 pictures or vignettes designed and executed by Kent. A very nice copy. More
Voyaging Southward From the Strait of Magellan
NY: Halcyon House, 1924. 4th printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. xv, 184 pp. 103 bw illustrations. A wonderful copy of this book, a 4th printing of the Halcyon House edition of 1924. Tight and crisp, no dj. Contents as follows: Why and where -- Sail or jail -- Sail! -- Jail..... More