Aaron Sopher by Watson Forbes (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Art. Covers rubbed, edges worn and faded, corners and spine ends bumped, spots on both covers. Author signed inscription on the second endpaper, interior clean and tight. Dust jacket very worn and torn, old masking tape repairs on the verso. Inscribed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author, Forbes Watson. Hardcover. Dust jacket, split. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Signed by Aaron Sopher on first page, 1940. First edition. No jacket but nice condition. Owner name in front. Discoloration from age along interior gutters.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hardcover in dustjacket. Black boards, bright yellow text title, sharp, clean and bright. Illustrated dustjacket, spine absent, held by protective cover, age toning and shelf wear to edges. Book firm in binding, 69 pages, 47 b&w illustrations, with their title on table of contents. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Else-- Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 69 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Book in VG+ condition, jacket with some edgewera and loss. SIGNED dedication by the author on the pre-title page dated 1942. with no other inscriptions. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by Aaron Sopher on front end page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Moderate foxing. *Autographed by artist.* "Aaron Sopher (1905-1972) was an American illustrator who studied drawing at the Maryland Institute College of Art. After leaving MICA, Sopher made a living working on free-lance illustration jobs for the Baltimore Sun, and his work was soon printed regularly within the newspaper. During a two-year residence in New York from 1929-31, his cartoons appeared in The New Yorker, as well a 1929 issue of The New Masses, a leftist publication devoted to social commentary and illustration, to which many renowned illustrator and printmaker contemporaries contributed. His illustrations convey his sense of social responsibility, support for civil rights and the interests of the laboring class. As scholar Peter Hastings Falk accounts, "it was during the Depression that Sopher seems to have fully realized that being an artist meant making a commitment to record 'the American condition' rather than merely making political jabs or seeking a laugh." Throughout his career, Sopher worked primarily in pen, ink and watercolor, and less often in etching and painting, preferring the immediacy of drawing to the more protracted process of etching and painting. He admired the work of old masters Daumier, Rembrandt, Hogarth and Goya. Sopher was also impressed by contemporaries Jose Clemente Orozco, George Grosz, Reginald Marsh and William Gropper, all of whom worked substantially in illustration and prints. Sopher sketched from direct observation, carrying pen in hand and making drawings of people passing by on the street, or interacting at exhibitions and events. His drawings are characterized by quick, deft lines that capably capture, in a minimal amount of strokes, a scene and mood among the characters he takes up as subjects." - Joseph M. Cohen Collection. Signed.

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Signed by Aaron Sopher on flyleaf. Related articles laid in. (American Illustrations, Drawings).

Hardcover. Black cloth boards w/ yellow printing. 69 pp. numerous bw illust. Signed by Aaron Sopher and dated 'December 1940.' Light toning to pages, otherwise clean. Good (ex-museum w/ taped ID to lower spine, bookplate & withdrawn stamps, barcode to back board & stamp to lower textblock. boards scuffed & scratched; shelf-wear. corners rubbed & curled. spine ends bumped & rubbing to edges. spine rattled. front board rattled. textblock nearly cracked; some joints & binding holding).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. 70 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ title on binding. Foxing to edges of text block and throughout. DJ has wear and tear. More than half of spine missing and also front flap missing. Illust. w/ b/w drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [Autographed by the Artist, Aaron Sopher] Includes a plethora of related ephemera about Aaron Sopher. Including copies of comics. Large format photographs. Multiple copies of original City Hall Galleries, In Memorium, for Sopher. Original news articles. Really a wealth of related information! 3 preliminary leaves, 11-69, [1] pages frontispiece, illustrations 28 cm. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. "Aaron Sopher (1905-1972) was an American illustrator who studied drawing at the Maryland Institute College of Art. After leaving MICA, Sopher made a living working on free-lance illustration jobs for the Baltimore Sun, and his work was soon printed regularly within the newspaper. During a two-year residence in New York from 1929-31, his cartoons appeared in The New Yorker, as well a 1929 issue of The New Masses, a leftist publication devoted to social commentary and illustration, to which many renowned illustrator and printmaker contemporaries contributed. His illustrations convey his sense of social responsibility, support for civil rights and the interests of the laboring class. As scholar Peter Hastings Falk accounts, "it was during the Depression that Sopher seems to have fully realized that being an artist meant making a commitment to record 'the American condition' rather than merely making political jabs or seeking a laugh." Throughout his career, Sopher worked primarily in pen, ink and watercolor, and less often in etching and painting, preferring the immediacy of drawing to the more protracted process of etching and painting. He admired the work of old masters Daumier, Rembrandt, Hogarth and Goya. Sopher was also impressed by contemporaries Jose Clemente Orozco, George Grosz, Reginald Marsh and William Gropper, all of whom worked substantially in illustration and prints. Sopher sketched from direct observation, carrying pen in hand and making drawings of people passing by on the street, or interacting at exhibitions and events. His drawings are characterized by quick, deft lines that capably capture, in a minimal amount of strokes, a scene and mood among the characters he takes up as subjects." - Joseph M. Cohen Collection. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 4to.,hardbound, black cloth over boards, near fine cond. no dj 69 pp. A short essay on the artist, and many b&w illus. of his work.

4to (27x19.25cm), hardback, 70pp. Good+ condition. No dustwrapper. Black cloth with yellow printing to front and spine. A little rubbed, upper page edges lightly foxed and age-toned. Presentation copy, signed at free front endpaper by author to 'Mr & Mrs Richard Casey' (Later Lord and Lady Casey). With b&w drawings and cartoons. Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Black boardswith bright yellow text, pristine, bright and sharp, minor shelf wear to edges. As New. Protected dustjacket, clean and bright, age toning and small chips to edges. Book is firm in binding, b&w illustrations by Sopher, 70 pages. Signed by Aaron Sopher on free front endpaper, dated December, 1940. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 70 pages; Signed by Artist.

Condition: VG. Baltimore 1940 1st Theodore Ember. 8vo., 6pp.( introduction with cartoons), 69pp., hardcover. ***Inscribed and signed by Watson. VG minor wear on spine edges and corners, no DJ. Pictures available on request.