Ruley Ellis Glenn Robert Smith (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Ruley, Ellis - Artist (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. no remainder mark on the bottom or top.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. Ellis Ruley (illustrator). Hard cover with dust jacket ,1st.ed. 1993 with pages.Illustrated with color plates some full page.This is the first published record of Ellis Ruley's work . Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. 108p., 10.25x10.25 inches, personal inscription to a friend & signed by Glenn Robert Smith on the endpaper, preface, foreword, introduction, essay, b&w photos of the artist and the period, color plates of the works, very good first edition boards in dj. African American primitivist painter (1882-1959).

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Ellis Ruley (illustrator). First. With b/w photos and color illustrations. 108 pages. Oblong 4to, off-white glossy boards, d.w. New York: Museum of American Folk Art, (1993). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, spine lightly sunned with minor wear to ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ellis Ruley (illustrator). 1st Edition. This offering is an older copy of Discovering Ellis Ruley - The Story of an American Outsider Artist written by Glenn Robert Smith with Robert Kenner. The book was published by Crown Publishers Inc. in 1993 and is a stated First Edition with the requisite number line. The book is NOT an ex-library copy - and both the book and the dust jacket are in very good + condition. It is 10" by 10" and has 108 glossy pages with a Table of Contents - a Preface - a Foreword - an Introduction - The Story of Ellis Ruley and . . . 62 full color plates of his works. "It is rare that a talent such as Ellis Ruley's remains a secret for so long. And - like so many artists throughout history - Ruley did not live to see his work acknowledged by the public." Thank you!

Crown Publishers, New York. 1993. First edition. Square 4to hardback with DW. Illustrated. A lovely copy with slightly soiled boards in a worn wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; 108 pp. ; illustrated ; 62 color plates ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0517590700 :; 9780517590706 LCCN: 92-40230 ; LC: ND237.R729; Dewey: 759.13 ; OCLC: 27068076 ; by Glenn Robert Smith with Robert Kenner ; preface by Barbara A. Hudson ; foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; introduction by Gerard C. Wertkin ; art study essay by Stacy Hollander and Lee Kogan of the Museum of American Folk Art. ; white boards with black lettering in color pictorial dustjacket ; dustjacket spine su nned ; ".[T]he fascinating and passionate story of this gifted self-taught African-American artist.lived in Norwich, Connecticut.owned a small house in an all-white neighborhood.and was found quite suspiciously dead on the road in front of h is house on January 16, 1959. Though many questions about Ruley were answered, just as many still remained.The book discusses Ruley's painting methods and his sources of inspiration. For example, he used common house paint as his medium and posterboard as his canvas, painting in a tiny room at the back of his house while he looked out on the animals in the woods.It is rare that a talent such as Ellis Ruley's remains a secret for so long.today his paintings are recognized as important w orks of outsider art by major collectors and museums across the country.all of his sixty-two known works [are] together for the first time."--dustjacket ; "The first published record of the work, life, and mysterious death of Ellis Ruley. Includes all of his 62 known works, plus an introduction by the director of the Museum of American Folk Art.Full color and black-and-white photographs." ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ellis Ruley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Some rubbing/creasing of DJ edges, still a nice copy. Author's gift inscription on FFEP reads "To my good friends Jim & Carol -- You're the best in MY BOOK. Oops, I forgot to mention it within.Love Ya!!! Glenn Robert Smith". Collectible copy. 26 x 26 cm., BW photos, full page color plates, 108 pages, ISBN 0517590700. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.