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Portrait of America by Rivera, Diego - (1934)

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Portrait of America by Rivera, Diego - (1934)

Portrait of America

by Rivera, Diego

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New York: Covici Friede. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1934). First Edition; No printing noted. Hardcover. Beige cloth, brown lettering to front cover and spine, all edges stained brown, many b&w images of Rivera's murals.; 6-1/2" x 9-1/4"; 232 pp; Mild cover wear including a few small spots of soiling to rear panel, inked prior owner inscription to front free endpaper dated 1934. .
  • Bookseller Andrew Langer, Bookseller US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
  • Edition First Edition; No printing noted
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Covici Friede
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published (1934)

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Portrait of America

by Rivera, Diego, with An Explanatory Text by Bertram D. Wolff

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First Edition; Second Printing
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New York: Covici Friede. Very Good-. 1937. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Second printing. Beige cloth boards, age toned, head of spine chip and rip, else sharp cornered. No dust jacket. Book is firm in binding, b&w plate illustrations of section close ups of Rivera's murals, inscription to front free endpage. Bookplate on front paste down page. Murals illustrated are the Stock Exchange mural and the School of Fine Arts mural in San Francisco, MoMa's Exhibition Frescoes, Rockefeller Center's mural, Institute of Fine Arts in Detroit, and the New Workers' School murals in New York. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages .
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Portrait of America

by Rivera, Diego (with explanatory text by Bertram D.Wolfe)

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Used - Good
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Fair
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Hardcover
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First UK edition (first published in the UK by Covici, 1934). Oatmeal colour cloth with title in red on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light browning to cover edges. Light foxing to endpapers and title page. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with browning and foxing and a small chunking missing to top of front of jacket. Quite heavy foxing to inner flaps of dustjacket. Not price-clipped. 232pp. Sixty b/w illustrations. Prior to the publication of this book, Diego Rivera (1886-1957) spent three years in America, and during that time painted approximately 70 fresco panels there. These murals represented his vision of the past, present and future of America, expressing his clear vision of a new world and a new society..
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Portrait of America

by Rivera, Diego

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Condition
Used - Very Good
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No Jacket
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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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Albany, California, United States
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Covici, Friede, Inc., 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. With full page b/w art by Diego Rivera. Presumed First with no later printings noted. Pages free of marks and foxing. Page signature in front has exposed threads, but holding fine. Covers are sturdy but with staining and fading. Missing jacket. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca Library. .
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Portrait of America

Portrait of America

by Rivera, Diego

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Used
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Hardcover
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Cape Town, South Africa
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George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 60 b&w reproductions of the artist's visions of past, present and future America. Pale red tint to top edge. A spot of foxing to a couple of pages. Small green bookseller label on rear paste-down. Previous owner's label on front fep. 231 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Poor. Price clipped. Foxin to covers and verso. Sunning to spine. Open tears. Edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with red lettering. Discolouration to the cloth.
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Portrait of America (signed by Rivera)

by Diego Rivera

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First edition
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Hardcover
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Signed by Diego Rivera at the top of the front blank. This from the collection of his Mexico City contemporary Jose de la Macorra, Jr. who was president (from 1897 to 1936) of the San Rafael Paper Company (Compania Fabricas De Papel De San Rafael) headquartered in the federal district. Macorra's business card is laid in and had been attached with a paperclip that became rusty over the decades, leaving a little mark. Touch of light spotting to the front blank, drop or two of coffee on back bottom edge, otherwise tight and clean. A lovely copy of a book that rarely appears signed. Jose de la Macorra was a major industrialist, apparently fluent in English, and authored a short history (in 1948) of paper-making in Mexico. On the back inner board is a period gold-foil bookseller tag for a shop that was located on Juarez Street, just across the Vivero Coyoac·n from Frida's Blue House. This copy was thus likely signed… Read More
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Portrait of America

by Rivera, Diego

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  • Signed
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Used - Very Good
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Hardcover
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Covici-Friede, 1934-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Rivera signed on the flyleaf and again at the end of the introduction. 1934 Covici-Friede in titled cloth hardcover, no jacket. Illustrated.A31 Please email for photos.
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