Negri Rocco Illustrator (4 results)

First edition (as stated upon copyright page) INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. [8], 134, [2] pages. Hardcover; H 21.5cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket well soiled, spine and flap fold ends nicked, front flap toned with bottom corner clipped. Mustard colored boards, spine mildly cocked. Edges foxed. Interior pages are clean. A very good copy in only a good+ dust jacket with Campion's warm seven-line signed inscription on the half-title page: "For Faye E------, The | one who, quite literally, | made this story possible. | With love and admiration | from the author, | Nardi Campion | 1970." Library of Congress summary: "A Puerto Rican boy living in East Harlem imagines Puerto Rico a paradise until a long-anticipated vacation to the island teaches him a few things about 'home.'" ISBN 0030842484. Rocco Negri (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Collection of 19 fairy & folk tales first written down in the early 1930s by a pioneer teacher in the Kasai district of what would later become the Democratic Republic of Congo. They feature the Baluba & Lulua tribes, & have been carefully reviewed & edited by a native Congolese. In 95 pages with a helpful pronunciation guide in rear, illustrated throughout with the powerful woodcuts of artist Rocco Negri. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1970, this hardcover octavo (7.25" x 8.75") has brightly decorated green cloth over boards, with an illustration matched on the accompanying DJ. Though it is an Ex-Lib copy, with usual stamps & markings & card pocket, these only appear in the front matter. The book is amazingly clean & bright, with colorful, unmarked pages, strong library binding. Having been protected under clear mylar, the colorful DJ (with original price intact at bottom front flap, clipped at top) is in Near Fine condition, with slight spine fading, paper call number to lower spine. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Negri, Rocco (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Crown, New York, 1974. First edition. First printing. A near-fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy, with price ($4.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Front board lightly bowed. Jacket has light wear to extremities, and a couple short closed tears on rear panel (as pictured). A very scarce first edition, with woodcuts by Rocco Negri. F1900A.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST US EDITION, first printing. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 104. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in dark blue to spine. Dust-jacket with printed price of $4.95 to front flap. With striking woodcut illustrations by Rocco Negri. Internally fine, slight dustiness to top edge. Dust-jacket clipped to top corner of front flap, a little rubbed to folds and spine. Very good. …