Ultimo by Vassos (13 results)
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.David Gaines
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 188.82
£ 4.91 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in very good + condition with slightest wear to cover edges. Dust jacket in very good minus condition some minor rubbing and light soiling with 3 small enclosed tears, tiny chip 1 corner bottom and residue from small old label and1… small penned name and 4 numbers both on back flap. Science-fiction novella of a dystopian futurism, on a frozen Earth whose inhabitants have drilled underground to survive, their discontent, and a plan to escape. illustrated with fantastic art deco gray scale drawings, by illustrator and husband the industrial designer John Vassos. 52 pages. Vassos, John (illustrator).
ULTIMO : AN IMAGINATIVE NARRATION OF LIFE UNDER THE EARTH
Vassos, John, 1898-1985 [artist] ; Vassos, Ruth, Mrs., 1893- [text]
Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1930
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Quarto, unpaged. In Good minus condition. Spine is red with gold print. In clear plastic sleeve.Boards in red cloth, gold print; tattering to spine caps, light wear to corners, light shelf wear. Text block has name stamp on front pastedown, light tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w plates. [Oversized book(s). Addit…ional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. 1410209. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1930
- Hardcover
Seller: Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Extremities slightly worn; covers rubbed, with a sheen; pages slightly toned and edge-browned; otherwise very good condition in mylar cover. . Unnumbered pages. Illus.
Published by Dutton, New York, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.Bauer Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. Tall 8vo. [52] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations by John Vassos. Cloth binding, gilt embossed lettering and cover design, good copy. (94962).
Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller[95] pp. Illustrated. 4to, publisher's red cloth printed in white, black and gold in (publisher's?) clear mylar wrapper. First edition. Near fine; very slight bump at one corner and wrapper chipped and a little tanned. Two publisher's flyers laid in.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.BookScene
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 147.28
£ 4.03 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY 1930. First Edition. 1st Printing. 92 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! With Publisher's Ultimo flyer inside. Size: 4to. A dystopian future of the earth freezing…over, and planning an escape to a new planet. Fiction Modern::Science Fiction 5998L.
More imagesPublished by E.P. Dutton & Co., 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.Aeon Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 151.05
£ 3.67 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Lovely copy of this science-fiction novella by Ruth Vassos illustrated by husband and industrial designer John Vassos. A different edition of this in blue cloth was issued with a dustjacket, but it is unclear if this version, likewise published in 1930, ever had one. 7.75" x 10.25" h…ardcover book in red cloth with gilt decoration/titling to front and spine. Unpaginated with black and white illustrations, printed in the "Knudsen Process", evidently a very fine-screened half-tone lithograph. Book, now in protective mylar jacket, from the collection of a tobacco smoker with attendant, mild tanning to spine and a faint smoky aroma within. Pages are however quite bright and crisp, illustrations vivid and attractive. Binding square, sound and firm. Boards still quite fresh with sharp corners and only hints of wear to the edges and corners. Very good+.
More imagesPublished by E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 226.58
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good dj. First Edition. [some wear to cloth at ends of spine, very slight bump to bottom front corner; fragile jacket is quite presentable, worn along edges and hinges, hinges split along several lengths but still holding together, about 1" paper loss from top of spine (no loss of text), ti…ny chip at bottom left corner of rear panel, a few little nicks along top of front panel]. (B&W plates) A memorandum from an imagined future time, in which centuries of slow-moving but cataclysmic climate change -- not global warming but rather global freezing -- have forced humans first to reconstitute their civilization far beneath the surface of the earth, and ultimately to develop "projectile cars" (rocket ships, essentially) to allow them to escape from an earth that's become "useless and dead." (The memo-writer has rejected an alternate plan to use "certain experiments in atomic detonation"(!) to shift the earth's orbit closer to the sun, and to thereby re-heat the planet.) Although primarily known for his influential work in the field of industrial design, John Vassos's credentials as a modernist artist were firmly established by the three books he published around this time; this one was preceded by "Contempo" (1929) and followed by "Phobia" (1931). The book's dedication is "To D.H.L. [D.H. Lawrence] who loved the sun"; Lawrence had died in March 1930 (the book was published in November). And don't miss the attractive black-on-silver bookplate (concealed by the front jacket flap) of one A. Eric Armstrong, on whose shelves this book once rested. Illustrated by John Vassos (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by E. P. Dutton, New York, 1930
- Hardcover
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 226.58
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later Printing. Dystopian futurism, of a frozen Earth whose inhabitants have drilled underground to survive, their discontent, and a plan to escape; illustrated with fantastic art deco greyscale drawings, nicely printed in the 'Knudsen Process', apparently a very fin…e-screened half-tone lithograph. Vassos was also an important industrial designer, responsible for a popular turnstile and many TV and radio designs for RCA; he trained spies for the OSS during World War Two. Hardcover, full blue cloth, black titling & decoration. Shows light wear, neat ink name; scarce jacket rubbed and lightly chipped with a long tear to rear panel, crossing the spine & running up the front panel, with associated creasing, another short tear to upper front panel; spine tanned. Text clean; 96 pages of which 22 are b/w plates. Size: 7¾" by 10½". John Vassos (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 226.58
£ 5.87 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. 52 unnumbered pages of text, interspersed with 22 black-and-white illustrations. Original decorative cloth binding has minor shelfwear and minor soiling, with a small stain to the rear board; protected in archival Mylar. Includes the original prospectus. The text is clean… and unmarked. First edition. Size: Quarto (4to). Book.
More imagesPublished by E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.Heartwood Books and Art
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 264.35
£ 5.13 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ultimo by Ruth Vassos (First Edition) Signed Firm copy with bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Red cloth with bold gilt stamped titles and gilt, white and black ink decorative patterns on the front cover. A futuristic vision of the end of the earth, illustrated by Art D…eco painter John Vassos and with text by his wife Ruth. Signed by John Vassos on half title page. John Vassos(Frontispiece Illustrator) John Vassos(Illustrator) (illustrator). BOOK.
More imagesPublished by E.P. DUTON AND COMPANY, New-York, 1930
Seller: Librairie Pierre Chretien - Jean Izarn, PARIS, FranceLibrairie Pierre Chretien - Jean Izarn
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: ILAB
Condition: Used
£ 253.80
£ 21.39 shippingShips from France to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketAn imaginative narration of life under the earth with projections by John Vassos and the text by Ruth Vassos. New-York, Inc., 1930, reliure toilée rouge, décor de bandes estampées dorées, et de motifs géométriques blancs et noirs, titre estampé doré, dos titré en long, non paginé. Ouvrage poétique. Le texte, un court paragraphe…disposé en milieu de page, fait face à l'illustration en noir tout en courbes, scandées de formes pointues, évoquant des paysages lunaires et fantastiques. La belle reliure d'origine est très bien conservée, avec ces motifs typiques de la géométrisation "Années 30". Très célèbre en son temps, John Vassos (1898-1985) est un dessinateur d'origine grecque qui fit toute sa carrière aux États-Unis. L'étonnant roman du couple Vassos n'a jamais été repris en volume, mais a été remarqué par les grands journaux américains de l'époque. Ce roman a été acquis par la BNF en 2004. Dos insolé. Livre. . Illustrateur : VASSOS (John). (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by E. P. Dutton and Company, New York, 1930
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Trade Edition. First edition, trade issue with plain binding. Unpaginated. Blue cloth with black lettering. Fine in Near Fine original dust jacket, spine slightly sunned and rubbed along edges. An attractive, very clean copy. Dystopian phobia-inspired science-fiction by di…stinguished industrial designer John Vassos about human inhabitation of the inner earth, outer space, and the sky in the face of environmental collapse.
