Kent Smith Preface (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Featuring 78 quality reproductions with commentaries, and biographies of 49 painters. A tight copy with very light general shelf wear, a mild crease to front panel. The leaves are edge toned, otherwise contents unmarked. There is an inscription by a person named Kent on the title page; however, we cannot say with certainty it was Kent Smith (preface/art director for IL State Museum). 4to. 251pp.…

Full Leather. Condition: Poor binding. 16mo. [4], x, 130 pp., illus. First edition. In publisher's limp leather. Spine perished and leather at the extremities chipped; contents solid. Duncan Smith's name inside the front coverwe've been unable to ascertain if this is in his hand and was his copy or not. An uncommon collection of undergraduate fiction from the University of Virginia. Charming illustrations throughout. Printed and decorated in the Arts & Crafts fine press style. This copy with contemporary gift inscription to Carrie Hill Davis from Adeline & Eugenia. Davis appears to have been a graduate of the University? Certainly affiliated with it as we find her name associated with UVA in various capacities in the first decades of the 20th century.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Glossy paper-back, red with illustrated front cover, yellow and black spine lettering, yellow in black title panel to front, no obvious faults bar small curl to bottom front outer corner. Half-title page has two large black Chinese characters + 481, 58 monochrome text ills up to p.204 with one un-numbered full page pate,11 un-numbered full page plates up tp p.291, several further text ills up to p.316, 32 coloured plates up to 348, some more than one to a page, numerous further un-numbered monochrome ills, inc. several full page up to end of main text. PP. 214-452 are the catalogue of a major exhibition held between August 1994 and January 1995. Rare outside the US. 20 cm x 27.5 cm.…