Biography Illustrated

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne, Revised Ed., 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 173 pages. Illustrated with 8 color and 30 b&w plates. Although Beatrix Potter is known and loved by generations of children brought up on "Peter Rabbit" and others, her life began in great joylessness and solitude. Drawing was her once fascination and her creative genius was able to flourish in the loneliness and isolation of her early years. Despite the fame that her skill was later to bring, she nevertheless preferred to maintain her privacy and hide behind the persona of a Lakeland farmer. Margaret's Lane biography recounts, with reference to letters and photographs, Beatrix Potter's sad childhood, her struggle for independence, her ill-fated love affair and happy marriage. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishing, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Charting the course of her remarkable life and career, MacLaine shares both early memories (her childhood with her brother, Warren Beatty; her decision to leave for New York City at age sixteen; her early work dancing on Broadway) as well as remembrances of her days in the public eye (campaigning for George McGovern, traveling to meet political luminaries, starring in legendary film roles, and developing an interest in spirituality). Along the way, readers gain greater insight into figures such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bob Fosse, Jack Nicholson, the Dalai Lama, Fidel Castro, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and many more. Whether she's sharing what advice Elvis Presley asked her for, how she consoled close friend Elizabeth Taylor after the death of her husband, or which head of state she discussed UFOs with, MacLaine offers her most visual and delightful book yet, giving readers an unprecedented glance into a life like no other. Profusely illustrated in b&w from her personal photo collection. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Methuen, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 256 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Ernest Howard Shepard was an English artist and book illustrator, best remembered for his charming illustrations of the beloved anthropomorphic animals in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh. This fascinating study of Shepard, detailing his childhood, education and artistic development, is richly illustrated throughout with his works. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Arco Publishing , 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Profusely illustrated throughout, some color. 244 pages. A visual survey of much of Adam's work, provides ample material for a critical appraisal of the development of Adam as architect and designer.

Hardcover. New York, Artisan, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 207 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by William Steig. Introduction by John Updike. A study of the life and work of the eminent cartoonist, New Yorker cover artist, and humorist. Steig also served as art director of the New Yorker.

Hardcover. New York, Artisan, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 207 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by William Steig. Introduction by John Updike. A study of the life and work of the eminent cartoonist, New Yorker cover artist, and humorist. Steig also served as art director of the New Yorker.

Hardcover. New York, Artisan, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 207 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by William Steig. Introduction by John Updike. A study of the life and work of the eminent cartoonist, New Yorker cover artist, and humorist. Steig also served as art director of the New Yorker.

Hardcover. NY, Abbeville, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 276 pages. Large format. Major monograph on one of the giants of 19th Century American art. Illustrated in color. In a bright dust jacket. 244 color plates, bibliography, chronology, notes. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston/London, Walker Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Haunting and deeply moving - a beautifully illustrated, fictionalized account of a formative time in the life of the teenage girl who wrote our most enduring horror story. Long before Mary Shelley published her Gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein, in 1818, at the age of nineteen, she shared fireside ghost tales at the home of family friends in Scotland. It was there that the headstrong girl - orphaned by her mother, spurned by her stepmother, and sent away by her father - spent two of her happiest teenage years. The brooding Scottish landscape and warm family atmosphere so influenced the author's life and art that some believe her famous novel took root there. To illuminate this period in Mary Shelley's life, Sharon Darrow skillfully spins fiction from fact. Her words are masterfully matched by Angela Barrett's exquisite, atmospheric, authentically detailed illustrations. The result is a rich tapestry of stories within stories - those told, those written, and more extraordinary, those lived. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Woodstock, NY, WoodstockArts, 2nd, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color and black and white pictures throughout.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 208 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. This is the first career-spanning monograph from one of the foremost contemporary realist painters. New York-based artist Harvey Dinnerstein creates hauntingly penetrating portraits and allegorical street scenes. His work over the course of five decades remains fresh and apt for our time, depicting New York as a microcosm of our society's rich pluralism, struggle, and resilience.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 191 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Profiles the popular musician, tracing his evolution as a singer from his childhood, through his early days as a blues singer with "Them," his solo career, and hits such as "Gloria" and "Moondance." Clean copy.

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, In this sumptuous over-sized volume, Taschen celebrates a remarkably candid, confident and exuberantly sexual woman: the Latina porn star Vanessa Del Rio. Presented through Vanessa's own archive, in her own words, is a life at once shocking, titillating, amusing, and inspiring. And because paper and ink can't do justice to a personality this big, an original 140 minute DVD documentary is included. First Trade Edition. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 136 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Elleman examines the artist's early work and investigates the genesis of each of her seven picture books, from Choo Choo (1937) to the epic, carefully researched Life Story (1962, both Houghton) . Very good in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. MI, Clarke Historical Library, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Hardcover with orange fabric covers. Clean, tight copy with minor rubbign to edges. Black and white pictures throughout.

Hardcover. London/NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 112 pages illustrated in color, b&w. Jenny Uglow narrates the story of Walter Crane, an intriguing and most prolific figure not only in illustration, but in political culture more broadly. Uglow expertly weaves a fascinating study of how Crane's art and politics developed from his childhood love of Pre-Raphaelite painting to the influences of Morris and William Blake on the journals, books, banners, pamphlets and postcards he went on to create as he forged a new style for the international socialist movement. Comprising a staggering range of visual material, Crane's images became a symbolic code that leapt over linguistic boundaries. This book is a brilliant record of an artist who blended styles and influences like no one before him. An exploration of the life and work of Walter Crane, the pioneering British socialist artist who transformed the illustration of children's books. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 48 pages illustrated in color by Aliki. With her characteristically sprightly words and pictures, Aliki brings Shakespeare's life, times, and legacy to life in this highly acclaimed information-packed treasury that is truly for readers of all ages. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare's world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 31 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY GRAEME BASE, WILLIAM JOYCE, MICHAEL MCCURDY, ROBERT SABUDA AND SUSAN JEFFERS. Crisp, tight copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Penn Publishing , 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Frank Schoonover. White stamped lettering, decoration worn on front, light fraying to green cover boards, light soil. Internally good.

Hardcover. Boston, Gambit, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, heavy cloth covered boards with a blue and gilt title block on the spine and a gilt facsimile of N.C. Wyeth's signature on the front board. Worn dust jacket with 1" triangular chip gone from top front panel tear, mild shelfwear. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2", 858 pages, stated 1st edition. A fascinating insight into Wyeth's life, interspersed with photos and color reproductions. N. C. Wyeth was one of America's greatest illustrators and the founder of a dynasty of artists that continues to enrich the American scene. This collection of letters, written from his eighteenth year to his tragic death at sixty-one, constitutes in effect his intimate autobiography, and traces the development and flowering of the Wyeth tradition over the course of several generations. No markings.

Hardcover. Boston, Gambit, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Fine in heavy cloth covered boards with a blue and gilt title block on the spine and a gilt facsimile of N.C. Wyeth's signature on the front board. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket although lightly soiled at the folds. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2", 858 pages, stated 1st edition. A fascinating insight into Wyeth's life, interspersed with photos and color reproductions.

Hardcover. NY, Roy Publishers, 1st US, n.d. (1963), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&w illustrations by William Randell. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with light edgewear. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages. B&W, color illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Susquehanna University Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, pages. This volume pieces together three partial autobiographies of Eugene Zimmerman (1862-1935) as well as his sketches, notes, letters, and articles to produce a coherent life story of one of America's leading one-panel cartoonists. Illustrated.