Search Results: from the mundane to the magical by mus white

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth. Limited to 1000 copies. Pencilled notation to ffep. Hint of a warp to rear board. About fine. ; quarto .

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. hardcover. 8.75 x 11.5 inches. hardcover. xlii, 268 pages. This book is a bibliography of photographically illustrated children's books in the field of American and international juvenile literature from 1854 to 1945. It details books that were illustrated with original photographs or related-mechanical processes, and describes author and title, as well as provides an index of photographers, illustrators, and reproduction processes linked to specific books. The collection reveals a parallel of the evolving artistic trends and the history of photography through its organization in chronological order. These trends include salted paper print, the albumen print, the carbon print, the platinum print, the silver print, and the gravure print to the halftone, from black-and-white to color. Ranging from amateur to art, each style of the 1,421 books presented has resulted in the creation of an illustration to tell a story. There are three levels of description… Read More

Generic, 1999-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 1999; California; blue cloth covered boards with gold titles; light edge wear; top edge is soiled; Interior is clean and unmarked; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; 268 pages; Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

Dawson's Book Shop, 1999-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. No dust jacket included; dark blue cloth cover.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. Hardcover . Used - very good. 4to; XLII, 268pp. Limited to 1,000 copies. Inscribed on title page by author to Zamorano Club member, Dr. John Carson. Primarily a bibliography, with a 24 page intro, and augmented by 24 pages of B&W illustrations.

Dawsons Book Shop. hardcover. Good. .

Los Angeles, California: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. Brand New in perfect condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Full descriptions for 1,421 first editions, including details of publication, collations, photos included, bindings, variants, etc. "The most important bibliographic reference to date." -- James Frazer (PHAEDRUS). Limited to 1,000 copies. Published @ $150. With 58 illustrations including a frontispiece. From the prospectus: This is "the first major bibliography linking the fields of photography and juvenile literature… This landmark publication… details over 1400 books in the field of American and international juvenile literature illustrated with original photographs or related photo-mechanical processes [e.g. salted paper print, albumen print, carbon print, platinum print, silver print, gravure print, halftone, black-and-white, color]…… Read More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. First Edition. Quarto. Limited edition, 1 of 1000 copies. A bibliography of children's books, most with photographic images. The photographers include those such as Ansel Adams, Edward Steichen, photographer, and publisher Frederic Bruckmann, Harry Whittier Frees and more, especially those who used pets that were dressed up and photographed. A fine copy bound in blue cloth lettered in copper, spine lettering copper. Lacks slipcase.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. Fine. 1999. Cloth. An edition in Fine condition ; A chronological collection of photographically illustrated tomes for children; 4to; 268 pages .

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is number 75 of 100 copies signed by the author, from a total print run of 1,000 copies. "This landmark publication written by photographic art and book collector, Mus White, details over 1400 books in the field of American and international juvenile literature illustrated with original photographs or related photo-mechanical processes. Establishing a critical link between photography and children's books, the bibliography also locates important and rare examples of fine art photography in the pictorialist, surrealist, and modernist genre." Prospectus laid in. Small quarto: xlii, 268 p. with 50 illustrations. Designed and printed letterpress by Patrick Reagh. Full blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.

DAWSON'S Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. one of 100 signed limited fine in slipcase. FROM CHARLETON HESTON'S LIBRARY COMES WITH COA FROM HIS ESTATE First Edition, Limited edition: 1 of 100 copies in cloth slipcase, each copy numbered and signed by the author on a special colophon page,.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. Hardcover. Fine condition in a fine slipcase. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt and in a blue cloth covered slipcase.

Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1999. Fine. First Edition, Limited edition: 1 of 100 copies in cloth slipcase, each copy numbered and signed by the author on a special colophon page, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 268 pages, cloth, This landmark publication written by photograpic art and book collector, Mus White, details over 1400 books in the field of American and international juvenile literature illustrated with original photographs or related photo-mechanical processes. Establishing a critical link between photography and children's books, the bibliography also locates important and rare examples of fine art photography in the pictorialist, surrealist, and modernist genre.