1973, ISBN: 06d729383f56405fbcfa2a1afcf2bca1

Paperback, Hardcover

Paris: Nicolas, 1973. First printing. Softcover. Very good to fine condition. Collection of thirty-five lavishly produced wine catalogs issued by the famous wine merchant Établissements… More...

Paris: Nicolas, 1973. First printing. Softcover. Very good to fine condition. Collection of thirty-five lavishly produced wine catalogs issued by the famous wine merchant Établissements Nicolas Maison from 1929 to 1973. The catalogs are issued in three variant formats. This collection represents the complete set of catalogs published by Nicolas, all protected by modern mylar, with an additional variant issue for 1949. In the years 1937, 1940-1948, 1952 and 1968 no catalogs were published. Design by Alfred Latour and, starting in 1966, by his son Jean Latour. All issues printed by Draeger Frères. This collection contains the rare catalogs of 1929 (showing a tipsy bottle of wine printed in gold framed with red type), 1930, 1931 and 1972. Nicolas' catalogs were illustrated and designed by famous artists and typographers, e.g. A. M. Cassandre, Georges Darcy, Paul Iribe, Louis Legrand, Henri Fantin-Latour, Demetrios Galanis, André Diginimont, Bernard Buffet, Roger Chapelain-Midy, Francois Kollar, Bernard Lorjou, Kees van Dongen and others. The illustrations are rendered in different techniques, including screen printing, lithography, photomontage and four color printing. The catalog for 1972, the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Nicolas, entitled "The Genius of Wine" was published in honor of the "Wines of France." It is illustrated with thirteen gouaches by André Derain, rendered lithographically. Printed by Draeger Frères in Montrouge on September 29, 1972, and presented by Thierry Maulnier of the Academy Francais. Catalog 1929: Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/4"). 1 leaf laid in, 23pp. Original illustrated black handmade, folded paper wraps, debossed red lettering and gilt screen-printed caricature of a wine bottle on cover. Laid in is a stiff black paper leaf with tipped-on gold foil page, green top border and red lettering. The text of this page: "For the first time the Nicolas Establishments publishes the names of the prestigious bottles of their particular "Grande Reserve." An invaluable and unique collection in the world, presenting the most beautiful jewels of the land of France (see pages 12 and 13)" The corresponding offer of wine on the centerfold, listing "Grand Reserves' as old as 1848, is printed to gilt-printed paper. The catalog is illustrated with two full page photogravures, enhanced with gilt illustrations and decor as well as various gilt-printed illustrations and decor in text. The bottom of the pages with gilt-printed quarter-inch border throughout. Printed by Draeger Frères. Catalog 1930. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/4"). Unpaginated with paper leaf laid in featuring an offset reproduction of a cartoon in color and red and black lettering advertising the wines of Burgundy. Original spiral-bound stiff wraps with caricature wine bottle, screen-printed in Navy Blue to gridded gilt cover with red lettering. Extravagantly designed wine catalog with staggered blue top and bottom borders. Title page and wine lists printed in red and blue with two full page and six in-text caricatures of wine bottles, rendered lithographically. The centerfold contains the list of "Prestigieuses Bouteilles" printed in burgundy framed by two astonishing full page photomontages, printed to gold foil, and tipped to the pages flanking the centerfold. There is no artist credited for the illustrations and photomontages, it therefore may be assumed that they are by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1931: Small Quarto as above. 24 (2)pp. Original spiral-bound stiff screen-printed blue wraps, glassine protected, with five star cutout revealing the letter N printed in blue to stiff silver paper, here completing the the merchant Nicolas. The catalog is printed to light brown and green candy colored paper with white and black diagonal border. The prestigious wine list is printed in white to stiff black paper, folded with impressive color lithograph on centerfold, signed A.M. Cassandre in plate. Contains two additional full page caricatures, at front printed in white to green candy colored, in b/w to light brown paper at rear, both signed "A.M.C. 30" in plate. Catalog 1932: Small Quarto as above. 31 (1)pp. Original spiral-bound black wraps with oval cutout revealing an high-quality offset reproduction of a crayon by Edy Legrand, with blind-stamped framing and lettering on cover; protected by modern plastic cover. Illustrated with eight full page reproductions of crayons by Legrand in color, and ten abstract drawings used as endpieces, two Art Nouveau decorative drawings framing the prestigious wine offerings. Some light water-staining along bottom edges of printed pages up to page 16, not affecting color reproductions. Catalog 1933: Small Quarto as above. 31 (1)pp. Original spiral-bound silver wraps with cutout revealing high-quality offset reproduction of watercolor by Jean Hugo, with blind-stamped framing and lettering on cover; protected by modern plastic cover. Laid in blue leaf with printed merchant statement. Illustrated with additional four full page renderings by Hugo in oval frame, and sixteen used as headpieces. Catalog 1934. Small Quarto. 30 (2)pp. Original celluloid spiral-bound cream handmade, textured stiff wraps featuring a color woodcut by Alfred Latour, silver lettering and framing, all screen-printed to cover, protected by modern plastic cover. Printed to Japan fold paper and illustrated with twelve woodcuts depicting city and landscapes by Alfred Latour, printed as headpieces, and decorative endpieces, all rendered in color lithography. Catalog 1935: Small Quarto. 35 (1)pp. Original celluloid spiral-bound stiff black wraps with exquisite decorative floral drawing in color on bronze background by Darcy on dustjacket, rendered lithographically, protected by modern plastic cover. Laid in folded blue paper with printed merchant statement. All pages printed in black on textured paper in color. Illustrated with six full page color artworks as well as numerous decorative head and endpieces by Darcy. No credits for layout and typography. Catalog 1936: Small Quarto. 48 (1)pp. Japan fold. Original black celluloid spiral-bound stiff wraps with typographical design on front, decorative on back cover, rendered lithographically, protected by modern plastic cover. Title page printed in three colors. Catalog organized in three chapters, wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy and a other French regions. Impressive compositions and typography of the catalog by A. M. Cassandre, rendered lithographically. Catalog 1937 not published. Catalog 1938: Small Quarto. 50 (1)pp. Original celluloid spiral-bound white wraps with artwork in color by Cassandre on dustjacket, decor on back cover in brown, protected by modern plastic cover. Second title page with elaborate Art Nouveau drawing framing the text. In addition the catalog features five full page, one double page artwork with culinary motifs and eight smaller artworks as well as designs used as head and endpieces by A. M. Cassandre. The double page listing for exceptional wines is framed with a decorative Art Nouveau border in color. Laid in a printed double page with brief address to clients and wine list. Catalog 1939: Small Quarto. 44 (1)pp. Original celluloid spiral-bound stiff tan wraps with letter N lithographed into debossed rectangular frame of textured dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Light brown endpapers. Title pages printed in blue and black. Illustrated with eight full page color drawings, three of them double page, and several b/w drawings used as head and endpieces by C. Erickson, all rendered in lithography, and layout and typography by A. M. Cassandre. Block lightly age-toned. Catalogs 1940-1948 not published. Catalog 1949: Small Quarto. 31 (4)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound stiff cream wraps, illustrated by Dignimont lithographically on dustjacket, and protected by modern plastic cover. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with five full page color reproductions of watercolors and numerous in-text drawings by Dignimont. Artistic direction by A. M. Cassandre. Block lightly age-toned and small stain at upper foredge of cover. Laid in two pieces of printed Nicolas advertisements and one of Chateau La Mission Haut Brion. Catalog 1949 (Variant): Small Quarto. 31 (4)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound stiff white wraps, illustrated by Dignimont and protected by modern mylar. Title page is printed in red and black. Illustrated with five full page color reproductions of watercolors and numerous in-text drawings by Dignimont. Artistic direction by A. M. Cassandre. Block lightly age-toned and small stains at upper foredge of cover. Very light wear along edges of wraps. Catalog 1950: Small Quarto. 32 (2)pp. Original celluloid spiral-bound stiff cream wraps with color illustration by R. Harada, rendered in lithography on dustjacket, with textured frame and black lettering and ruling, protected by modern plastic cover. Title page printed in red and black. Laid in light blue, printed double-page of Nicolas ephemera. Illustrated with six beautiful full page watercolors and various small watercolors as head and endpiece by R. Harada, all rendered lithographically. Most of them with stamp signature or initials of artist. Layout and typography by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1951: Small Quarto. 33 (3)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound stiff white wraps with red and white lettering and gilt frame on cover of dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Quarter inch gray rulings at gutter. Frontispiece artwork and nine additional full page and three headpiece illustrations by Berthommé Saint-André. Artwork with captions. Ornamental two color endpieces, layout and typography by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1952 not published. Catalog 1953: Small Quarto. 39 (3)pp. Original celluloid spiral-bound black wraps with screen-printed modern image in color, and gilt lettering on cover, protected by modern plastic cover. Inside cover with screen printed geometrical forms. Laid in printed Nicolas price list. Screen-printed title page in color. Illustrated with ten full page color screen prints by Léon Gischia. Ornamentation, layout and typography by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1954: Small Quarto. 33 (2)pp. Original celluloid spiral-bound white wraps with b/w lettering and multiple black frames on rose dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Frontispiece color lithograph. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with nine full page and seven half-page color lithographs of watercolors by Kees van Dongen. Full page watercolors with regional descriptors. Typography and layout by Alfred Latour. Laid in a current price list, printed to folded tan paper. Catalog 1955: Small Quarto. 31 (2)pp. Original celluloid spiral-bound stiff white wraps with color lithograph of still life by André Marchand on dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with seven full page and eight half page paintings, two of these double page by André Marchand, rendered in color lithography. Contains list of titles of paintings and facsimile signature of Marchand at rear. Ornaments, typography and layout by Alfred Latour. Laid in double page with current wine list, printed to light purple paper. Catalog 1956: Small Quarto. 34 (1)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound white wraps with color lithograph of painting by Roland Oudot on dustjacket, entitled "Ile-de-France." Protected by modern plastic cover. Color lithograph frontispiece. Illustrated with eight full page and nine smaller paintings by Roland Oudot, plus frontispiece. One of the paintings is the centerfold, all are rendered lithographically. Contains list with titles of paintings at rear. Typography and layout by Alfred Latour. Laid in a folded wine list with current price changes, printed to light brown paper. Catalog 1957: Small Quarto. 34 (2)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound white wraps with color lithograph of watercolor by Constantin (Kosta) Terechkovitch on dustjacket; protected by modern plastic cover. Frontispiece color lithograph. Illustrated with eight full page, including centerfold, and nine small watercolors by Terechkovitch under the title "A small Girl." Contains list with title of watercolors at rear. Typography and layout by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1958: Small Quarto. 34 (2)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound white wraps with color lithograph of painting by Roger Limouse on dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Color lithograph frontispiece. Title page printed in red and black with ruling. All text pages are printed in black and red and alternate black and white ruling. Illustrated with ten full page color lithographs of paintings by Roger Limouse, including frontispiece and centerfold, and six small paintings by the artist. Contains list with tiles of paintings at rear. Typography and layout by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1959: Small Quarto. 43 (3)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound white wraps with color lithograph of painting by Christian Gaillard on dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Color lithograph frontispiece. Illustrated with nine full page paintings by Christian Gaillard, including centerfold and frontispiece, and two smaller paintings though double paged, all rendered lithographically. Some of the text pages printed to paper in variant colors. Contains list with titles of paintings at rear. Ornamentation of endpieces, typography and layout by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1960: Small Quarto. 35 (3)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral bound white wraps with high quality color reproduction of a painting by Robert Humblot on dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Color frontispiece. Title page and text printed in black and gold. Illustrated with eight full page color reproductions of Humblot paintings, three of them double page, and three of his smaller paintings. Contains list with titles of paintings with facsimile signature of Humblot at rear. Ornamentation of endpieces, typography and layout by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1961: Small Quarto. 35 (3)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound white wraps with high quality color reproduction of a painting by Georges Rohner on dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Color frontispiece. Title and some of the text pages printed in black and light brown. Illustrated with nine full page color reproductions of paintings by Georges Rohner, three of them double page, and three small paintings. Contains list with titles of paintings with Rohner's facsimile signature at rear. Ornamentation, typography and layout by Alfred Latour. Catalog 1962: Small Quarto. 34 (4)pp. Japan fold. Original celluloid spiral-bound white wraps with high quality color reproduction of a painting by André Minaux on dustjacket, protected by modern plastic cover. Color frontispiece. Title and te, Nicolas, 1973, 3, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Very Rare Book. Another indicator of it's rarity is the name of the Publisher. Publisher is Grosset & Dunlap of New York.Grosset & Dunlap is a United States book publisher founded in 1898. Book is in tack. Will need some restoration. Imaging finding a book from the late 1800 with a love note dedicating this book to Miss Carrie Duke. Rare edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. spine that is intact but needs restoration. Front and back cover intact. I searched the internet intensively and found pictures of first editions HOWEVER none of them had the love dedication note or the black trim around the title of the book. Information on Miss Carrie Duke listed below:Woman's Work in Kentucky." by Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts. Publication: Eagle, Mary Kavanaugh Oldham, ed. The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U. S. A., 1893. Chicago, Ill: Monarch Book Company, 1894. pp. 562-568.Susannah Hart, the aunt of Mrs. Henry Clay, raised and pulled the flax which she wove and spun into her wedding gown, with an art so clever that she could draw the width through her wedding ring. She belonged to the wealthiest of those early families of note, and was the wife of Gov. Isaac Shelby. She died at the age of seventy-two years at "Travelers' Rest," the grand old homestead which has never passed out of the Shelby family. She was the mother of ten children, and her descendants are widely scattered. Mary Hopkins Cabell Breckinridge was a contemporary whose work can never die. Hers were not deeds of daring nor of tragic from the lurking Indian. Her power was in her eloquent conversation, her strong opinions, her decided views of duty. Her sons are orators and statesmen; her daughters are ambitious and progressive. Margaret Breckinridge, a granddaughter, devoted heart and hands to hospital work during the war of the Blue and the Grey; and by her gentle, self-sacrificing ministering was named the "Angel of the hospitals." She said, "Shall men die by thousands for their country and no woman risk her life?" Still a younger generation is led by Miss Sophronisba Breckinridge, who after years of travel in Europe, studied law in her father's office. Mrs. Catherine Hunt, the chatelaine of one of Lexington's proud homes, reigned a queen in her domain. The train of servants, the management of her handsome estate and all the demands upon the mistress of such possessions, called for executive ability of rare degree. Hers was the thinking head and the guiding hand. The Baroness Burdett Coutts says: "Woman may be allowed to lead in acts of charity," and right nobly has she set this example. This woman, Mrs. Hunt, used her prerogative here. Sixty-one years ago, when cholera wellnigh depopulated the Blue Grass capital, she went forth on pious mission bent. Coming upon three desolate little children, whose parents lay dead, she said to a friend: "What shall we do with them? Let us buy them a home." She opened her purse and established the Orphans' Home, Lexington's oldest charitable institution, where many little feet have found a resting place. Mrs. Henrietta Hunt Morgan was her daughter, and the Hon. Francis Kay Hunt, of legal celebrity, was her worthy son. Mrs. Morgan presided over her household much after the manner of her bringing up. She was the mother of a remarkable family. Her sons were Gen. John Hunt Morgan, Col. Calvin Morgan, Capt. Charlton Hunt Morgan, and Lieut. Thomas Morgan. Her daughters were the wives of Gen. A. P. Hill and of Gen. Basil W. Duke. Behold the evolution of the Kentucky girl, if I may so term the greater liberty of today! Mrs. Henrietta Morgan Duke, of Louisville, Ky., one of our commissioners, is a woman of incomparable qualities of heart and brain. She reflects the grandmother and mother in strength of character and in executive ability. Times have changed, and she has risen to the demands. Her young daughter, Miss Carrie Duke, the violin virtuoso, represents the fourth generation of this family. The ancient code would have held her captive, but the liberty of the present sent her abroad to develop the divine genius that now sways multitudes. Another young descendant of Mrs. Hunt is Miss Lucy Lee Hill, a World's Fair Commissioner, who bravely and briskly went about the work of collecting exhibits; faithfully she has presided at the state building. Yet another great-granddaughter is Miss Eleanor Howard Morgan, daughter of Capt. Charlton Morgan, who entered Bryn Mawr College, where her scientist brother, Dr. Thomas Morgan, holds the chair of biology. This young girl perfectly illustrates the fact that developing a woman's brain does not necessarily rob her of feminine charm. No lily of the valley, breathing its delicate fragrance far below the gaze of man, is more modestly environed; yet her influence pervades all the atmosphere about her. She inherits, not the dash of her uncle, the cavalry chief, but the steady glow of woman's star when lit by the brilliancy of intellectual fireSince I don't have a true value of this book, it may be priceless. I have decided to start at $5000.00., Grosset & Dunlap, 0<

1945, ISBN: 06d729383f56405fbcfa2a1afcf2bca1

Hardcover

E-235: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Vellum. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1931. 322 pgs. Illustrated with 15 tipped in Color Pl… More...

E-235: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Vellum. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1931. 322 pgs. Illustrated with 15 tipped in Color Plates. #391 of a limited edition of 512 copies. Signed by N C Wyeth on the limitation page. Bound in 1/2 vellum and blue cloth boards with titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This powerful novel is one of the most perceptive tellings of the Civil War experience. This book is more than the moving story of a Kentucky mountain boy who fights to save the Union. Even the Civil War itself is but an epic stage for the novel's main business--the testing and maturation of a hero as American as Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer. Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945) , known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. He was the pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books, 25 of them for Scribner's, the Scribner Classics, which is the work for which he is best known. The first of these, Treasure Island, was one of his masterpieces and the proceeds paid for his studio. Wyeth was a realist painter just as the camera and photography began to compete with his craft. Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly. Wyeth, who was both a painter and an illustrator, understood the difference, and said in 1908, "Painting and illustration cannot be mixed—one cannot merge from one into the other." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; Signed by Illustrator ., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931, 3<

1903, ISBN: 06d729383f56405fbcfa2a1afcf2bca1

Used, very good, [SC: 37.73], [PU: Scribner's Sons Pub 1903,1913 tp, NY], KENTUCKY FICTION SHEPHERD CIVIL WAR BOY ORPHAN, VERY GOOD CONDITION ,clean, solid, bit fade to spine strip.; Gold… More...

Used, very good, [SC: 37.73], [PU: Scribner's Sons Pub 1903,1913 tp, NY], KENTUCKY FICTION SHEPHERD CIVIL WAR BOY ORPHAN, VERY GOOD CONDITION ,clean, solid, bit fade to spine strip.; Gold spine titles with 1" gold flower circle on green courduroy cloth hard covers. Faded Spine has Gold Title Lettering With box on spine strip.; Several full page ilust; 404ps pages; John Fox was an American journalist, short story writer and novelist. Fox was born in Kentucky, educated at Harvard, and became a journalist in New York. A Mountain Europa was his first novel serialized in Century Magazine. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, published in 1903, made the New York Times top ten list of best selling books. Many of Fox's novels are historical romances set in the area of his childhood. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come tells the story of the life of Kentucky mountaineers. where Chad, an orphan boy, secures an education, fights for the North in the Civil War, and returns home to find happiness and love.<