Published by Editura Meridiane, Bucharest, 1963
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g- to vg-. First edition. Folio. 336pp. [2]. Illustrated b/w dust jacket with black, white, and red lettering on the front cover and spine. Beige cloth boards with a small black illustration on the front cover, red lettering on the spine. Textured endpapers. A finely-produced survey of the political and socially conscious graphic art of Romania, commemorating the struggle for justice and independence, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries (1848-1961). Profusely illustrated throughout with 394 individual images, mostly in black and white, in the form of photographic reproductions after the original art, lithographs and tipped in plates. Images include posters, satirical political cartoons, paintings, drawings and woodcuts. Each images is titled, captioned and dated, with addition information on every image found in the extensive list at the back of the book. Text in Romanian. Dust jacket with some creasing, chipping and closed tears to extremities. Binding with some light rubbing, bumping and/or age toning to extremities. Some light water stains to the bottom edge of the book block. Interior with 12 of the tipped in plates missing (#1, 3, 13, 28, 40, 69, 90, 151, 163, 202, 276 and 373), as well as some minor age toning to the edges of some pages, and a few sporadic minor creases throughout. Dj in good-, binding and interior in very good- condition overall.
Published by Editura Meridiane, Bucuresti, 1988
Seller: Ethan Daniel Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Scarce collection of the graphic illustration of the 20th century Romanian artist. 78 reproductions with several in color. Most text in Romanian with a condensed essay at end in English and French. Light rubbing to covers. No marks or noticeable fading to inside pages. Binding is firm. 112 pages. c6.
Published by Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1963, 1963
Seller: Alan Bamberger, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large quarto, 336 pages, illustrated, some tipped-in color plates, dustjacket, slipcase. Survey includes 394 illustrations, brief biographies of artists. Materials illustrated date from 1848 - circa 1961; most from 1921 - circa 1961. An exceptional copy of a book that appears to be rare in the marketplace. OCLC locates 5 copies.