Search Results: America On Stone by Harry T Peters

Very good.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1931. Cloth. Good. Large folio. Publisher's cloth. Hand-pressed paper. Very many lithographs throughout, many in color, including several pastedowns. 415 pp. B oards need to be re-glued to block. Cloth at header and footer of spine torn. Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside front cover, and card pocket on front free endpaper. Large tear on p. 39 has been repaired with tape. Interior is excellent. This is a limited edition (number 132 of 751 copies) retrospective of lithograph printing in America. A finely printed, very attractive volume with bright, clean illustrations. This quite large and heavy book will incur additional shipping charges. (Howes P257).

Garden City: Doubleday Doran. FINE book, no DJ, in FAIR slipcase. Limited ed, #562/751. 1931. 1st ltd ed.. Hardcover. FINE book, no DJ, FAIR slipcase. 12"x9", 415pp. Neat signature of NYC photographer Nicholas Pavloff on slipcase. 12"x9",415pp. . FLAWLESS book BUT fore edge lightly foxed, others spotless. Top edge tinted a light gray. .

1931. PETERS, Harry T. America on Stone. The Other Printmakers to the American People. A Chronicle of American Lithography other than that of Currier & Ives, from its beginning, shortly before 1820, to the years when the commercial single-stone hand-colored lithograph disappeared from the American Scene. A Prologue being a survey of the field as a whole, Followed by The Alphabetical List of the Artists, Lithographers, Publishers and Craftsmen who built up America on Stone in lithographs, being a collector's notes on their lives, times and activities, gathering together as much as possible of their stories from all sources. [N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931]. 1st ed. Profusely illus., many plates in color. 415pp. Very good in orig. cloth. Limited to 751 copies printed on Aurelian white laid antique paper.

New York: Doubleday, Doran And Company, 1931. First. Hardcover. VG/VG in original plain wrapper, in original cardboard slipcase with label (slightly damaged but solid). White cloth. 415 pp. Numerous illustrations, many tipped-in or full-page. A lovely copy of this, the original edition. Copy #569 #312.

1931. PETERS, Harry T. America on Stone: The Other Printmakers to the American People. A Chronicle of American Lithography Other than that of Currier & Ives, from Its Beginning, shortly before 1820, to the Years When the Commercial Single-Stone Hand-colored Lithograph Disappeared from the American Scene. A Prologue Being a Survey of the Field as a Whole, Followed by The Alphabetical List of the Artists, Lithographers, Publishers and Craftsmen Who Built up America on Stone in Lithographs, Being a Collector's Notes on Their Lives, Times and Activities, Gathering Together as Much as Possible of Their Stories from All Sources. [New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931]. 1st ed. 4to. 415pp. Profusely illus., many plates in color. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j, publisher's slipcase. Near fine copy, in slightly worn slipcase. HOWES P-257, "aa." One of 751 numbered copies on Aurelian white laid antique paper.