William Steig: Drawings
by Steig, William; Introduction by Lillian Ross
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0374290318
- ISBN 13
- 9780374290313
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Square quarto [28.5 cm] Red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and the artist's name in large embossed letters on the front cover. The covers are just a bit rubbed and scuffed, and there are several very small, faint stains on the top and bottom edges of the text block. The dust jacket is lightly soiled, and has a number of closed tears in the edges. The top fore edge corner of the jacket's front inside flap is clipped, however the price is still intact. A volume marking the fiftieth anniversary of William Steig's association with The New Yorker. Signed by William Steig on the page listing his other works.
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- Seller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 57317
- Title
- William Steig: Drawings
- Author
- Steig, William; Introduction by Lillian Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374290318
- ISBN 13
- 9780374290313
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- patcat; signed; William Steig; Lillian Ross; comic; cartoon; esthercatgraphic BOSTON 2016; OAKLAND 2017 (ABAA); BOSTON 2017; PASADENA 2018 (ABAA); PASADENA2019 & OAKLAND2019
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Soiled
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- Fore Edge
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- Quarto
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
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- Jacket
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