Mount Charles Merrill (15 results)

Octavo, gray cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, red spine bands, 384 pp. Very Good, with bookplate and light edgewear. From Preface: One of the most incisive portrait painters of all time, founder of the American artistic tradition, Gilbert Stuart made the leaders of the American Revolution more vivid to posterity than any comparable group in history. George Washington and his generals, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, their wives, Cabinet members, and friends have a unique historical vitality, overshadowing the Royal Governors who preceded them and the pale figures who later filled their places, precisely because they were preserved as complex living human beings in Gilbert Stuart's portraits. This enigmatic genius returned to his native shore in 1793, bringing the most accomplished technical powers and artistic intellect America had ever seen. With him too came tales of a fabulous career on distant shores that ever since have seemed as suspect as his own too numerous portraits of Washington. Lack of substantial knowledge concerning Stuart has not been a credit to American scholarship. The precedent for future appraisals was set by William Dunlap, who gathered anecdotes reflecting Stuart's high spirits and ambiguous character, whithout noting the compensatory balance of his genius and lordly austerity. Fifty years after her father's death, Jane Stuart attempted to set the record straight. Three articles embodied her pious effort before she yielded to George Mason, who produced a rambling, uncritical volume with the redeeming virtue of preserving valuable materials. Art, Biography, American Biography, Artist Biography bslic.…

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's biege cloth. DJ Not Price Clipped (20.00). First Edition. Washington, D. C.: Columbia Historical Society, 1973. Near Fine condition in bright, Near Very Good Dust Jacket (one 25 cent-size chip, a few tiny closed tears). No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Well illustrated with photos, drawings, maps, prints, document facsimiles, etc. Contains 35 essays including: BASEBALL REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON'S JESSE "NIP" Winters: "HOW I STRUCK OUT BABE RUTH AND BEAT LEFTY GROVE" by Jesse Winters and John Holway; SHIPBUILDING IN VIRGINIA, 1763-1774 by William M. Kelso; ALBERT GALLATIN IN WASHINGTON, 1801-1813 by Richard Mannix; GILBERT STUART IN WASHINGTON by Charles Merrill Mount; BEHIND PRISON WALLS: THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT PENITENTIARY, 1831-1862 by David K. Sullivan; DEFENDING WASHINGTON DURING THE CIVIL WAR by Benjamin Franklin Cooling; THE BLACK MILITIA IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1867-1898 by Martin K. Gordon. . First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's biege cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped (20.00). Thick 8vo. xxv, 846pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 444 pp black and white plates, bound in grey cloth with green detail, silver title. Cloth a little tanned and marked, top edges tanned, solid copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Biography of the great impressionist. Mount was himself a painter who wrote several books on art history but later fell from grace, convicted of stealing rare documents. Stated first printing (first edition). Stout hardcover, full grey cloth, green & gilt titling. Light wear to book, corners bumped, bookplate of artists Allan & Marjorie [Kreilick] McNab; jacket shows some rubbing, small nicks, light creasing, minor edgewear including light chipping and a few short tears, $10.00 price remains. Text clean; 444 pages; index, notes. Size: Large Octavo.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex-library hardcover. No dust jacket. Library stickers, labels and stamps on cover and inside. Cover is in good condition. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, free of markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good/Very Good+++. Bright and attractive cloth hardcover with dust jacket. Bumping to foot of corners. light edgewear and toning to dust jacket. First printing. Stated on copyright page with price on inside flap of dust jacket. Nice copy. Illustrated (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket worn at corners of spine. Text edges lightly foxed; otherwise, very nice, clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon. 444 p. Ill. Dust jacket a bit worn. Code 1384.

Unbound pages. Condition: Very Good. 3 pages, illustrated with photographs. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 23.5 x 32 cms. Category: Country Life Experience; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Condition: Very Good. None. SIGNED by author. Inscription on front flyleaf dated May 11, 1964 (New York). 384 pages. Preface by Charles M. Mount. In 3 parts. B&W illustrations throughout. Overall tight and clean copy. Record # 850483.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated.Previous Owners Insc.ffep.Small Booksellers Label inside front cover.Lightly bumped crnr[s].Some fading [discolouration] to top edge of front cover only.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 012899.