Literary Lights Book Caricatures by Gene Markey (5 results)

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1923 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 120 Language: English Pages: 120.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 50 Caricatures of famous persons; pages tight; slight yellowing of pages. page edges show moderate foxing; no markings on pages; front and back end pages darkened and foxed. Decorative hard covers (brown, rose, green, violet; tan circular flower designs) with linen-like tan spine and left area portion of covers. Black lettering on spine. Moderate shelf wear; Yellow dust jacket has numerous tears on dj edges, corners, spine ends; smudges; soiling; rubbing; staining, and fading of dj-in very poor condition. Author presents full page caricatures with caption under each image on right page- left page is blank. This is the first collection of Markey's work to appear in book form. In it he combines with rare humor and good-natured satire a skillful power of draughtsmanship. Among the 50 Literary Lights portrayed are: Booth Tarkington; Joseph Hergeseimer; Hugh Walpole; Sinclair Lewis; H L Mencken; Christopher Morley; Heywood Broun; James Branch Cabell; Carl Sandburg; Edgar Lee Masters; Zane Grey; William Allen White; Henry Sell; Llewellyn Jones; The Brothers Benet; Vincent Starrett; George Jean Nathan; John Drew; John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson, Jr.; Achmed Abdullah and Edwin Balmer; Prof. Stuart P Sherman, etc. VERY RARE VINTAGE COPY!.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition (Published, March, 1923 on copyright page), Signed & Inscribed. Tan cloth back & pattern paper boards. Near fine condition (shelf edges slightly rubbed), lacking dj. Total of 50 reproduced caricatures by Markey including Sherwood Anderson, John Dos Passos and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Theodore Dreiser and E. Phillips Oppenheim, Ben Hecht, H.L. Mencken and Hugh Walpole, Vincent Starrett, Sinclair Lewis, others. Signed by "G. Markey" on the front endpaper and inscribed with sketch to "Thomas Cormack this fine portrait of his father (with portraits of some lesser lights) G. Markey Chicago, 1926." "His father" reference is to Thomas Cormack's father, Bartlett Cormack, playwright, screenwriter. The nearly waist-length caricature sketch of Bartlett Cormack is 5 inches in height. Author Eugene Willford "Gene" Markey (1895-1980) was a producer, screenwriter, and decorated naval officer. Markey and Bartlett Cormack both lived and worked in Chicago during the 1920s. In 1927 Cormack moved to New York City. Later, both Markey and Cormack were part of Ben Hecht's group of subcontract writers in Hollywood in the early 1930s.; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gene Markey - Literary Lights: A Book of Caricatures. Knopf (1923). Hardcover. First Edition. 50 Lovely caricature drawings of Carl Sandburg, Sherwood Anderson, H.L. Mencken, Zane Grey, Hugh Walpole, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others. Near Fine copy with light offsetting at ffeps. In a VG dustjacket with chipping along top edge and rubbing. See image. Enclosed in archival quality mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book is in near fine condition with darkened spine. Quarter Bound cloth over nice printed boards. extremities are a bit frayed. A very nice collection of Caricatures from Hamlin Garland to Carl Sandburg. Fifty in all.