Gaba Lester (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. Ex-library with usual markings. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Book slightly shelf-cocked. Heavily used but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition, undated but circa 1940. "How to Do It" Series No. 22, and published in cooperation with the National Soap Sculpture Committee. 80 pages, 33 illustrations. Very good plus condition.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 80 pages. Illustrated jacket over paper covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with minor defects. Some issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Small blue volume. Light wear to corners of boards, interior is very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 80pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. (Some foxing to 1st title page due to porous paper.) D/w is present, but is very worn with a little loss. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). No Dust Jacket. Library discard. Some library stamps. Library pocket hs been removed from inside back board, but has left some of it behind. Sticky tape marks to inside boards and t o end papers. Rest of book, moderate age and reading wear. 64 pages. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; ISBN: 0531006328. ISBN/EAN: 9780531006320. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50870.…

NY, nd (1940). Photos, 7 x 5", cloth, 80 pp, ink name, minor stain to one corner else bg in torn and frayed dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Studio Publications, 1939. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with very light toning to the page ends. Dust jacket is very good with very light edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 90pp. Blue boards. Author inscription on the front free endppaper. black and white illustrations throughout. toning to the pages, rubbing to cover edges, otherwise clean, unmarked copy.Unclipped pictorial jacket tattered on the spine with closed tear across the rear panel. in mylar sleeve. History, technique, sytle of soap sculpture with illustrations. Size: Octavo. Signed and Inscribed By Author. Book.…

First Edition. Illustrated. Ex-library copy with various stamps and markings. A good only copy without dust jacket. A really interesting book on the art of soap carving showing beginner to advanced techniques with some elaborate examples including a Madonna and Child scene, a wedding couple, Cleopatra, WhistlerÕs mother, etc. …

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Muy bien. 1ª Edición. (Escultura en jabón). London, The Studio, s.a. (1939 en introducción). Col. How todo it Series nº. 22. 78 p. 1 h. Dibujos b/n en el texto. 33 láminas b/n de diversos tamaños montadas. 8º mayor. Cartoné editorial ilustrado, lomo en tela con dorados. Muy leves arrugas en tapas. Muy buen ejemplar. En inglés. Primera edición. JL3234.…

1939 The Studio, London Col. How to do it; 22. Fot. en b/n. 80 p. 26x20 cm. Enc. cartone con lomo de tela. Para ver o recibir fotografías de los libros puede ir a nuestra web o solicitarlas.(figuras de jabon, figures de sabo, figuras de jabon, figures de sabo).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. fmr owner inscription. DJ has tears.

Hardcover. original dust jacket. First Edition. First edition in original dust jacket with $1.00 price. Inscribed by Lester Gaba to the ghost writer of the book William Yeo. Prior owner also made a custom additional kraft paper dust jacket to keep the book pristine.Clean pages, tight binding, inscription clean, cloth boards bright, dust jacket clean, additionally wrapped in hand made kraft paper titled jacketPlease contact us about shipping costs for international orders of over-sized books or multi-book sets. We are happy to provide accurate quote prior to purchase. Clean pages, tight binding, insc. Signed. …

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 78, [2]. 38 tipped-in b/w illus. & 3 patterns. quarter-cloth (shaken, rubbed). First Edition.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: GOOD. General wear: small bookplate, light yellowing of pages B&W photos and diagrams DATE PUBLISHED: 1935 EDITION: 90.

Poor copy. 142 pages. Hardcover: H 25.75cm x L 19.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Black cloth rubbed; chipping to frayed spine head; faded white ink mark (library shelf number?) at spine's nicked heel; board corners worn. Toned text block edges with some soiling, small stains, and surface abrasions. Past owner's personal bookplate affixed to front pastedown; past owner unfortunately pasted-in (scrapbooked) several initial and rear leaves with newspaper/magazine clippings (some relevant and some not so much), sketch drawings, etc.; a few clippings inexplicably tipped-in to interior pages causing some associated toning; no text other than publishing/copyright info on title leaf verso appears to be adversely affected by extraneous material. Binding is still firm. Classic sought after book of which copies are now elusive. Jpeg images can be emailed upon request to clarify.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. HB/dj, VG+/fair. Dj has significant chipping to edges, etc. Book itself is VG+. Inscribed and signed by author ffep, including the phrase "While there's life there's soap" Also has ex-owner info in pencil. First edition. Not price-clipped, shows $1.00 price. Dj has protective plastic cover. Many b/w illustrations of this peculiar, painstaking and gorgeous work. 90pp. At Streamside Books, each book is individually selected and accurately described. Email with any question or to request a picture of a book. Please include our book number in your inquiry. If paying by check or money order, please make it out to Steve Katz. Thank You. Signed by Author(s).…

1935. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 90pp. Illustrations, photographs. (Art, Art, Soap Carving).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of an intriguing guide to the art of soap sculpture, written in witty and easy-to-follow fashion by American artist Lester Gaba. The first edition of On Soap Sculpture: Concerning its History, Techniques and Style, written by American artist and retail display designer Lester Gaba. Published by Henry Holt and Company in 1935.In the publisher's original blue cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Contains numerous in-text illustrations, and nineteen full-page illustrations of soap sculpture examples to the rear of the book.An intriguing work, Galba introduces to readers the scarce yet simple practice of soap sculpting, carving many different types of figurines and scenes all from bars of soap. Alongside his designs, Galba writes with an easy-to-understand and witty manner which makes learning this peculiar craft all the more enjoyable. In the publisher's original blue cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with the odd faint small mark to the extremities of the front board. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities, with minor fading to spine. Dust wrapper is generally bright and clean, with slight age toning and the odd small mark to the rear of the wrapper. Small chips to edges and to wrapper spine, with a larger chip to rear joint near head of spine. End papers are generally bright and clean, with age toning. Bookshop stamp to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with age toning. Very Good. Lester Galba [photo. M. vu Kovic, Barnaba, Gilbert Geoffrey, Whiting, Frederick Bradley] (illustrator). book.…

Condition: Good. 4to Original wrappers. 40 pp.+ inserts Elaborate graphic design and production throughout. Cover design by Vladimir Bobri (Bobritsky) One leaf (39-40) neatly cut with 1/4 removed! Else very good.Includes:"Machine Age Aesthetics by Walter Dorwin Teague. Features work by Teague, Joseph Sinel, and B. J. Smalley.Decorative Initials from Abroad insert printed in two colors.Four Pages Of Illustrations In Color by Edward A. Wilson from The Last of the Mohicans.Book Jackets And Cover Designs by Boris Artzybasheff. Three pages and four black and white examples.Contemporary Industrial Design.Two full-page gravures by Pagano.Dramatizing Merchandise by Morris H. Kates.Re; Window Mannequins by Lester Gaba.Stimulus: The Design Story Of Cannon Towels. Full-page color illustration by Bobri.Sculptured Hands For Waterman Pens Executed by Helen Liedloff.Murals For Decoration by Robert J. Misch. Five black and white examples by Donald Magnus Mattison.Bi-Centennial . . . Five Window Displays by C. B. Falls. Westinghouse Mazda Lamps.A Boudoir Bottle For Listerine by Herschell DeutschA Gauntlet To American Illustration by Gordon Aymar. Work by Alexander Calder and Rockwell Kent.Provenance : Estate of CCAC/CCA professor Steve Reoutt, who passed away May 14, 2008. He was born in 1938 in Shanghai to Russian parents. He came to the United States when he was just 12 years old. He went on to co-found the San Francisco chapter of the AIGA, including serving a nine-year board position as design historian. In 2001 Reoutt received the AIGA Fellowship award for "personal and professional contributions to raising the standards of excellence within our design community.". …

in-8, cartonnage éditeur noir illustré, dos toilé noir, 80p, 33 illustrations en aplat, abon état.