Plank George Wolfe (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine first edition, olive green cloth boards w bright gilt box and title font on cover and gilt font on spine, deckled paper, shinny gilt foredge. Gilt top edge bright. 121 pps + ads/ Ex-libris plate on inside front cover and former owner's name penned on fep. Deckled paper. Interior pages without additional writing or marks. Cover quite clean and bright, corners bumped, spine rubbed.Frontispiece by George Wolfe Plank Dust wrapper is partially included, as someone has kept one panel of it which is loosely inserted in book. Untermeyer takes on the bard's in delightful parody. George Wolfe Plank, frontispeice (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Dust Cover. Limited Edition. Hard cover limited edition, #81/1000. Illustrated with woodcuts by George Wolfe Plank back hinge worn, paper glued to endpapers. Plank, George Wolfe (illustrator).

FIRST EDITION limited to 250 copies (50 only for sale); lg.8vo., pp.viii,96; illustrations of nearly a hundred bookplates designs & several book illustrations; new in illustrated stiff paper covers. A fascinating and thoroughly researched account of this little-known book artist. Born Gettysburg in 1883, he sailed in 1914 to England where he stayed until his death in 1965. Initially much influenced in his bookplate work by Gordon Craig, his book illustrations included Vita Sackville-West's The Land & Family History (jacket), Benson's The Freaks of Mayfair and work for H[ilda] D[oolittle], Molly Keane & Marianne Moore. Illustration Bookplates BOOKPLATES.…

With a foreword by John Craig. Pp. 96, appendices, index; impl. 8vo; pictorail brown stiff paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, fore-corners a trifle creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, fore-corners of a couple of leaves lightly creased; The Bookplate Society, London, 2002. Edition limitied to 250 copies (50 for sale). *Loosely inserted is a [reproduction?] of a bookplate Plank designed for William and Lesley Jowitt which is referenced in the text and features on the upper wrapper (and on page 56). American artist George Wolf Plank (1883-1965) is chiefly remembered for his long association with Vogue Magazine.…

Tipped in illustr "Priscilla" by H.C. Geiger, ads, 11.25 x 8.25, string tied stiff wraps, 19 pp + ads, covers with some edge wear and edge chipping, contents nice and clean. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES. Includes "A Tryptich" by Sadakichi Hartmann, and "Playing with Fire" by August Strindberg translated by Francis J. Ziegler.…

Illustr, 11. 25 x 8.25, pict wraps, 13 pp + ads, cover edges worn and chipping, contents with some finger soil else very nice, unopened. Beautifully done small press literary magazine, this issue with a play by Amy Smith, a tipped-in wood engraving by E. Thesleff, and an Index to Volume One.

Illustr, 11. 25 x 8.25, pict wraps, 13 pp + ads, cover edge worn and chipping, contents very nice. Beautifully done small press literary magazine, this issue with a poem and reproduction from an etching by Gordon Craig, plus sheet music (with its own cover) by Fred Allen (not THE Fred Allen, though) and Stanley Muschamp. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES. …

Condition: Very good. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound with cord in brown printed wrappers decorated with a butterfly on the front wrapper and a quill pen on the rear wrapper. The edges of the covers are creased and lightly chipped. [1], pages 1-17 & [1-3]. Illustrated with a 4-1/2 inch high by 3-3/4 inch wide tipped-in portrait of Stephane Mallarme engraved on tissue and 12 woodcut vignettes by George Wolfe Plank. Internally near fine with the last signature remaining unopened. Very good. Number 294 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies.The contents include: "Souvenir Sur Mallarme" by George Moore with a translation into English by Helene Wood. "The Pipe" and "Poor Pale Child" by Mallarme; 2 poems by Maeterlinck; "The Toy-Shop" by Ephraim Mikhael; 3 poems by Louis Bertrand and "The Dying Decadent" a very early long poem by Louis Untermeyer.George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American illustrator and designer of magazine covers. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. In 1911 he was hired by Vogue and continued to supply illustrations and cover designs for the magazine until 1936. …

Condition: Very good. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound with cord in brown printed wrappers decorated with a butterfly on the front wrapper and a quill pen on the rear wrapper. The edges of the covers are lightly chipped. [1], pages 1-15 & [1-3]. Illustrated with a 4 inch high by 2-3/4 inch wide tipped-in bookplate for "MVP" by Plank, engraved on tissue and 11 woodcut vignettes by George Wolfe Plank. Internally bright & fine. Very good. Number 298 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies.The contents include: "The White Heron" by Fiona Macleod, pseudonym of William Sharp, "Impression", a poem by Herbert Seiser Weber, "Yeats and Synge - A Celtic Contrast" by Louis Untermeyer, a poem by B. Russell Herts "My Spring Garden" and "Carrie Munro A Sentimental Song" by Julia A. Moore, The Sweet Singer of Michigan, with sentimental wood-cuts by G W P.George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American illustrator and designer of magazine covers. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. In 1911 he was hired by Vogue and continued to supply illustrations and cover designs for the magazine until 1936.…

Condition: Very good. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound with cord in brown printed wrappers decorated with a butterfly on the front wrapper and a quill pen on the rear wrapper. The overlapping edges of the covers are heavily chipped. [4], pages 1-14 & [1-4]. Illustrated with a 3-1/4 inch high by 3 inch wide tipped in bookplate for "Martha Thornton McAllister" by Plank engraved on tissue, 12 woodcut vignettes by George Wolfe Plank and 3 tipped-in illustrations after etchings by Frederick Harer. Internally near fine with the first and last signatures remaining unopened. Very good. Number 264 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies.The contents include: "Frederick Harer - Etcher An Appreciation" by John Cournos, "Isadora Duncan Dancing" by Louis Untermeyer, "On Applause in the Theatre" by Gordon Craig and "This Youth - Gentlemen! A Play in Two Scenes" by Margaret Scott Oliver writing pseudonymously - "Translated from the Hungarian of Etga Arrm by S. Thuner". George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American illustrator and designer of magazine covers. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. In 1911 he was hired by Vogue and continued to supply illustrations and cover designs for the magazine until 1936. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. "To Mrs. Mary T. Walsh from her old friend Wm. Hooper Howells. Xmas 1915. Santa Monica Calif." Only 1000 copies printed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. George Wolfe Plank (illustrator). Signed & Inscribed By Author.

Condition: Good. *FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING until Monday, Oct. 19* Number 7 only; limited to 500 copies (the limitation is on back cover); folio (32.5 cm. tall), [2], 17, [3] (ads) pp, small woodcut illustrations in text, small tipped example woodcut portrait of Stephane Mallarme; paper wrappers margin chipped and library hand stamp on front cover, interior very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.…

Condition: Good. *FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING until Monday, Oct. 19* Number 6 only; limited to 500 numbered copies; folio (32.5 cm. tall), [2], 15, [3] (ads) pp, small woodcut illustrations in text, small tipped example of a book plate designed by Plank; paper wrappers margin chipped with spine split and library hand stamp on front cover, interior very good; a large portion of this issue devoted to The White Heron by Fiona MacLeod (i.e. William Sharp). - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.…