Don Besom (11 results)

Condition: very_good. Minimal signs of wear. Don Besom; Craig Rising (illustrator).

Condition: good. Signs of wear and consistent use. Don Besom; Craig Rising (illustrator).

Don Besom; Craig Rising (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clean and solid. ; Color and b&w illustrations; Oblong 4to; 246 pages. Don Besom; Craig Rising (illustrator).

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. "McAllister Towing is known throughout the shipping industry today as one of the world's most reliable and respected tugboat and marine transportation firms. Told for the first time in this book is the history of the five generations of McAllisters who have operated their tugboat businesses through every war and economic and social upheaval in US history since 1864. In addition to the stories of survival and peril, shipwrecks and deep-sea expeditions, and family tragedies and triumphs, the book features a wealth of fresh and never-before published documentary material on how Americans lived and worked in the maritime industry." Text by Stephenie Hollyman; edited by Herb Schaffner. 246 pages with one gatefold; over 250 color and b&w photographs and illustrations; 12 x 10 inches. Index. Condition: As New clothbound hardcover in dust jacket in the original printed shipping box. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping may be more than quoted. Don Besom; Craig Rising (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine Condition. Dust jacket in protective Brodart cover. No marks of any kind. Beautiful photographs throughout. First edition, first printing.; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 245 pages. Don Besom; Craig Rising (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: New. BRAND NEW, gift-ready hardcover. Pages are crisp and clean, binding tight. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Orders received before 3PM PT typically ship same day. Don Besom; Craig Rising (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 246 pages. 9.13x6.57x1.11 inches. In Stock. Don Besom; Craig Rising (illustrator).

Hardcover. The third hand-made artist's books produced by David Goldin and Don Besom. The front cover is paper-backed woven cane with three hand-cut windows outlined in red paint revealing parts of a tipped in image to the first page, followed by four pages with title, list of artists, quotes, and colophon information. The back cover is an irregularly woven, thick paper of stringy fibers. The rest of the book is a facsimile photo album with folded, heavy black paper with four diagonal slits into which c-prints have been inserted. The volume is bound with three screw pegs. The artists who participated in this project each made a mask and were then photographed wearing it. A full-roll of film was exposed with some variation to each image, thus each book is one-of-a-kind, with a unique set of photos. The artists who participated--all well-known editorial illustrators and photographers, children's book artists and graphic designers--were John Weber, Tom Garrett, Stephan Kroninger, Hungry Dog Studio, Michael Sloan, Ken Smith, James Yang, Tim Bower, Dave Calver, Anthony Freda, Tim Carroll & Akane Goda, Ellen Weinstein, Don Besom, Ruth Marten, David Goldin, Katherine Streeter, Gregory Nemec, Patrick Cunningham, David Flaherty, Danielle Rose Chichi, Adam McCauley, Colin Johnson, Jordin lsip, Victoria Kann, David Plunkert, Amy Butler, Robert Neubecker, Peter Kuper, lngo Fast, Rick Sealock, Mark Ulricksen, David Butler, David Miller, Gregory Shirilla, and Stephen Webster. Edited and bound by David Goldin and Don Besom. 40 pages; 35 tipped-in color C-Prints; 9 x 5.5 inches. From a first and only edition limited to 50 copies. Condition: Fine/As New. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.…

Hardcover. First edition, only printing. NEW. Edited and bound by David Goldin and Don Besom. 45 pages; 36 color illustrations; 5.5 x 8.75 inches. From an edition limited to 60 copies. The second of three hand-made artist's books produced by Goldin and Besom. A hand-bound artist's book with spiked black rubber covers with a hand-cut window to the front, colored rubber spine-cover, held together with three heavy bolts and cap-screws. Inside is an acetate first sheet, color photo-copied images, and vellum title sheets with quotes from various sources such as Joseph Campbell and Andrew Delbanco. Each image is the artist's reaction to the theme of modern gods and myths. The artists involved--all well-known editorial illustrators and photographers, children's book artists and graphic designers--include: Tim Carroll, Joe Sorren, Christian Clayton, Calef Brown, Kathryn Fuestsch, Patrick Cunningham, Esther Watson, Philippe Lardy, Adam McCauley, Gregory Shirilla, Selina Alko, David Flaherty, Mark Todd, Eric Palma, Pamela Hobbs, David Miller, Melissa Iwai, Steven Dana, Russell Jones, David Goldin, Dave Calver, Courtney Granner, John Weber, Josh Gosfield, Sunshine, Victoria Kann, Robert Neubecker, Stephen Webster, Hungry Dog Studio, Katherine Streeter, Tom Garrett, Rob Clayton, Dan Yaccarino, Tim Cook, Michael Sloan, and Rick Sealock. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX.…

Hardcover. First edition, only printing. NEW. A stiff card-stock, police-file folder with mounted label to front and side tab with a reproduction of an FBI wanted poster and a police blotter, 7 pages of reproductions of newspaper articles on cream stock, two translucent printed vellum pages and 33 color reproductions on thick white paper. Edited and bound by David Goldin and Don Besom. 44 pages; 33 color plates; 10 x 11.75 inches. From an edition limited to 50 copies. The first of three hand-made artist's books produced by Goldin and Besom. This volume reproduces work made by various artists in response to a 1960 incident in NYC where a man attacked anti-Fidel Castro demonstrators, slashing them with a hook he had in place of his missing hand and killing a nine-year-old girl. The artists--all well-known editorial illustrators and photographers, children's book artists and graphic designers--are Greg Spalenka, Christian Clayton, Charles Berberian, Hungry Dog Studios, Mark Todd, Tim Cook, David Flaherty, Jordin Isip, Russell Jones, Tom Garrett, Michael Sloan, Anastasia Vasilakis, Patrick Cunningham, James Gallagher with Gregor Ehrlich, David Goldin, Esther Watson, Dan Yaccarino, Ellen Weinstein, Rodney Allen Greenblat, Rob Clayton, Don Besom, David Miller, Robert Neubecker, Melinda Beck, Adam McCauley, Stephen Webster, Joe Rocco, Rick Sealock, Polly Becker, Victoria Kann, Courtney Granner, Gregory Shirilla, and Philippe Petit-Roulet. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX.…