Publisher:
Thames and Hudson, (1992). First American Edition.
Seller ID: vita5481
Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decoration to upper cover, 224 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The art of ancient Egypt has excited imaginations for centuries. But without knowledge of hieroglyphic images, Egypt's rich artistic legacy, from colossal statues to finely wrought jewelry and minuscule charms, remains obscure. Here, for the first time, is an introduction to the symbolic language of hieroglyphs: a directory of the one hundred signs used most often in Egyptian painting and sculpture -- from seated man and lion to vulture and ankh. This great re... View More...
Publisher:
London: George Bell, 1903. Of a Limited Edition of 352 (365 total), this is No. 213.
Seller ID: 3186bd
Folio, bound in ÒLady Margaret Chrichton-Stuart's hand-loom linen,Ó top edge gilt, uncut, xv + 163 pp. Frontis., plates. Very Good; spine a bit dull. View More...
Publisher:
Boston: Gambit, 1971. First Edition, First Printing (As Stated).
Seller ID: 00234s
Octavo, blue & cream cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xii, 858 pp. Illustrated with photographic plates. Very Good+, with light soiling, in a like dust jacket with slight edgewear. ÒN. C. Wyeth was one of America's greatest illustrators and the founder of a dynasty of artists that continues to enrich the American scene. This collection of letters, written from his eighteenth year to his tragic death at sixty-one, constitutes in effect his intimate autobiography, and traces the development and flowering of the Wyeth tradition over the course of several generations... View More...
Publisher:
Aliso Viejo, California: Wyland World Headquarters, (2000).
Seller ID: 8668bd
Signed by the Author. Octavo, blue leatherette (hardcover), gilt letters, [xvi] pp + 263 pp + [iii] pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Wyland is considered by many to be the most influential marine life artist of our time -- perhaps of all time. With more than eighty-five monumental ocean murals throughout the world, his art has transported many into the sublime chambers of nature's underwater kingdom, all guided by the eyes of an authentic environmental visionary. This painter, sculptor, writer, underwater photographer and muralist is one of the most prolific and celebrat... View More...
