Etienne Ret (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Good hardcover in acceptable dust jacket. Pages are crisp and mostly clean with some light pencil markings throughout. Gift note on inside cover. Dust jacket has few tears and rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dj preserved in mylar. Certainly has an aged feel with some minor tears to edges, light smudging and overall edge wear of dj although it looks quite nice and well preserved, especially in the mylar. Pages crisp with some light and minimal pencil markings throughout.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 172 p. (chiefly illus.) 32 cm. ; LCCN: 56-12014 ; LC: NA7238.C3; Dewey: 729/.24/09757915; 747 ; OCLC: 1871460 ; 314 photographs of Charleston homes and near-by plantations. ; dark red cloth in full color photographic dustjacket ; editied by Narcisse Chamblerlain ; Contents: List of Houses Illustrated -- Meeting Street -- Church Street -- Legare Street -- Tradd Street -- Along the Bay Shore -- North of Broad Street -- Neighboring Plantations -- Porch of St. John's Lutheran Church ; Featured are The Colonel William Rhett House, The Gaillard-Bennett House, The William Gibbs House, The Nathaniel Russell House, Colonel John Stuart House, Garden of the William Hendricks Buildings, Gateway to St. Michael's Churchyard, The Pirate's House - Church Street, The Spire of St. Philip's Church, John Ashe House, Ashley Hall, Colonel Othniel Beale House, Governor Thomas Bennett House, Daniel Bourget House, Miles Brewton House, Dock Street Theatre, Drayton Hall, John Edwards house, Charles Elliott House, William Elliott House, George Eveleigh House, Thimothy Ford House, Gibbs-Blackwood House, Halidon Hill Plantation, Heyward-Washington House, William Holmes House, Daniel Huger House, Inglis' Arch House, Thomas Legare House, Joseph Manigault House, Medway Plantation, Middleton Place, Jacob Motte House, Mulberry Plantation, Colonel Charles Pinckney House, Judge Robert Pringle House, Robert William Roper House, Thomas Rose House, Seabrook House, Simmons-Edward House, Josiah Smith House, William Mason Smith House, Humphrey Sommers House, Sword Gate House, General William Washington House, Mrs, Jane Weightman's House, Joseph Winthrop House ; very clean copy ; FINE/FINE. Book. …

soft cover. Condition: fine. first edition. Plaquette poétique, broché, 28pp. Tiré à 100 ex. numéroté [ex n°13]. Un superbe envoi de l'artiste à son frère Jacques sous la forme d'un poème de 15 vers. Couverture en partie insolée, un accroc au dos. Etienne Ret is a painter known internationally for his portraits and lithography. A native of Bourbonnais, France, he studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and immigrated to Southern California in 1924. He did portraits of the wealthy literati who passed through Santa Monica, including Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley and Jean Renoir. Ret exhibited at the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in the Los Angeles area and has paintings in the permanent collections of museums in Santa Barbara, Pasadena and San Diego, as well as museums elsewhere in the United States and in France. A Times critic noted of a 1943 exhibit: "Ret is a poet and his pictures are poetic paintings." In 1950, he published a prizewinning book, "Advice to a Young Artist." Ret later taught and worked in mixed media in San Antonio. He had returned to France more than a decade ago. On June 20 in Paris. inscribed by author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Previous owner's name on title page, else very good in gray cloth. No dust jacket. ; 86 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Quarter grey cloth cover with grey boards is sunned at extremities, soiled, lightly scuffed, caps are crushed and frayed, corners are bumped and worn but cover is in good condition. Boards are straight and spine is very slightly cocked. Binding is tight. Inscribed and signed by author on front end sheet with a hand drawn illustration by author. Other former owner's name and information written on front paste down in pen. Writing and a drawing on rear end sheet in pencil. Pages are stained along the outer margin. Pages are very lightly toned and in very good condition. Several B&W illustrations. Dust jacket flap laid in.; Signed by Author.…