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Si Lewen's Parade : An Artist's Odyssey, Si Lewen, Art Spiegelman, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Si Lewen's Parade : An Artist's Odyssey, Si Lewen, Art Spiegelman, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
1 volume (unpaged), 71 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color). Opened one way, the accordion-fold book is unpaged and is comprised of Si Lewen's Parade with a short introduction by Art Spiegelman and a short excerpt of an interview with Si Lewen by Steve Grieger and Laura Mirsky from 2007. Opened the other way, the book contains a 71 page commentary by Art Spiegelman about Lewen and his work. "Si Lewen's Parade is a timeless story told in a language that knows no country--a wordless epic that, despite its muteness, is more powerful than the written or the spoken word. …
2nd Hand Reading, William Kentridge, Special Collections, Fleet Library
2nd Hand Reading, William Kentridge, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations. Reproduction of an altered book created by drawing and painting in a copy of The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles, Second Edition, volume I, A-M, 1936. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.
Little Nemo In Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays!, Winsor Mccay, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Little Nemo In Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays!, Winsor Mccay, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
[150] p. : chiefly col. ill. "Splendid Sundays, 1905-1910". Includes bibliographical references. Gift of Tim Finn.
The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
4 v. in boxed set, [80] p. of plates : ill. (some col.). Portfolio box (61 x 43 cm.) includes 3 sketchbook facsimiles and 1 volume of text (88 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.) "This first edition is limited to 525 copies, of which 500 are for sale": inside cover of box. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 22, 1997-Feb. 8, 1998. Library has copy no. 489. Sally Hume Lincoln Memorial Fund. Includes bibliographical references.
The Sea People, Jörg Müller, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Sea People, Jörg Müller, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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[36] pages : chiefly color illustrations. Translation of: Die Menschen im Meer. German edition published in 1981. Summary: The superiority of the differing ways of life on two neighboring islands is put to the test when gold is discovered on one of them. Illustrated title page. Case binding
The Changing City, Jörg Müller, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Changing City, Jörg Müller, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
8 folded leaves in portfolio : all color illustrations ; 33 cm. First American edition. Oversize. Translation of Hier Fällt ein Haus, dort steht ein Kran und ewig droht der Baggerzahn oder Die Veränderung der Stadt. "Here, in eight, full-color, fold-out pictures ... Müller has created an accurate portrait of urban decay and change that is equally true of the city scene in the United States."--inside front cover. SUMMARY The sequence of eight illustrations, which are based on documents in Swiss and German municipal archives, shows how one section of a city changes at three-year intervals between 1953 and 1976. …
The Changing Countryside, Jörg Müller, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Changing Countryside, Jörg Müller, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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7 folded leaves in portfolio : all color illustrations. Translation of: Alle Jahre wieder saust der Presslufthammer nieder oder Die Veränderung der Landschaft. Originally published in Switzerland, 1973. "A Margaret K. McElderry book." Seven large, foldout pictures in full color depict the decline of a Swiss countryside from 1953 to 1972. "Third American printing"
The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, Gwendolyn Brooks, Timothy Jones, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, Gwendolyn Brooks, Timothy Jones, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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[36] pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 26 cm. All the tiger's fierce qualities do not satisfy him; he wants to be stylish and wear white gloves. "First Edition, Second Printing" Stapled binding. In clear plastic cover. Walter Lorraine Fund. Formerly in the collection of Tidewater Community College.
Peaches, Dindga Mccannon, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Peaches, Dindga Mccannon, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
126 pages : illustrations; 22 cm. A young black girl growing up in Harlem tells about her life with her family and her ambition to be an artist. Paper dust jacket with color illustration. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Children Of Night, Edgar White, Dindga Mccannon, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Children Of Night, Edgar White, Dindga Mccannon, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
38 pages : illustrations; 24 cm. Chronicles some of the pleasures, dreams, and experiences of a young black boy living in the South Bronx. Paper dust jacket with color illustration. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Sati The Rastifarian, Edgar White, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Sati The Rastifarian, Edgar White, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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[31] pages : illustrations (some color); 26cm. Illustration on title page, type in black and brown. Five-year-old Sati misses his home when he leaves the West Indies to come to New York for an education. Illustration on dust jacket. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Aloneness, Gwendolyn Brooks, Leroy Foster, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Aloneness, Gwendolyn Brooks, Leroy Foster, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Cover printed in blue and black and with illustration. Photo portrait of the author on back cover. Photograph by Howard Simmons. Stapled binding. Library has second printing January 1983. Inscribed to Martha Drake and signed by the author.
Willy, Helen H. King, Carole Byard, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Willy, Helen H. King, Carole Byard, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
47 pages : color illustrations; 21 x 27 cm. 1st edition. "Library edition" Dust jacket with color illustration. Catching the troublesome rat besieging the kitchen challenges a ghetto youth's cleverness and establishes him as the family protector. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Notes And Projects For The Large Glass, Marcel Duchamp, Arturo Schwartz, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Notes And Projects For The Large Glass, Marcel Duchamp, Arturo Schwartz, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
217 pages : illus. (some color). Text in English and French. Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even.
The Rabbits' Wedding, Garth Williams, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Rabbits' Wedding, Garth Williams, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm. Double, illustrated title page. "Printed in the United States of America"--Title page verso. Two little rabbits, one white and one black, decide they want to remain friends forever, so they marry each other in a forest wedding. Illustrated book jacket, some tears and paper wear, loss. Case binding. Walter Lorraine Fund.
Bronzeville Boys And Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ronni Solbert, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Bronzeville Boys And Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ronni Solbert, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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40 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. A collection of poems for and about children, particularly those living in big cities. Contents: Mexie and Bridie -- Val -- Timmy and Tawanda -- Narcissa -- Andre -- Keziah -- Charles -- Cynthia in the snow -- John, who is poor -- Paulette -- Rudolph is tired of the city -- Eppie -- Ella -- Dave -- Luther and Breck -- Michael is afraid of the storm -- Eldora, who is rich -- Beulah at church -- Skipper -- Robert, who is often a stranger to himself -- Lyle -- Nora -- …
Around The World In A Flash: How Messages Are Sent Via Telephone, Telegraph, Radio, And Television, Marie Neurath, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Around The World In A Flash: How Messages Are Sent Via Telephone, Telegraph, Radio, And Television, Marie Neurath, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
36 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. The How and why series. "A Chanticleer edition". "Printed in Great Britain by Graphic Reproductions Ltd. London". Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with paper color dust jacket. Jacket has tears at top of spine and back cover bottom left corner.
Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes, Joseph Low, Ruth Low, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes, Joseph Low, Ruth Low, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
[44] pages : color illus. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Color illustrated title-page and dust jacket. Book jacket design by Joseph Low, printed offset. Book seller's label, inside back cover: Museum Books, Inc., 48 East 43rd Street, New York 17, N.Y. Gift of Christine Jones (RISD IA '52).
The First Great Inventions, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Marie Neurath, Joseph Albert Lauwerys, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The First Great Inventions, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Marie Neurath, Joseph Albert Lauwerys, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
36 pages color illustrations 23 cm. Chanticleer wonder-story books. "Designed by the Isotype Institute and printed in six-color offset lithography by Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna, Austria" Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with original color paper dust jacket.
Noa Noa: Voyage Á Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Noa Noa: Voyage Á Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
[4] p., [2] leaves of plates : illus. (some color), facsim. Facsimile of Gauguin's handwritten notations, color reproductions. Donated by Bess P. Kaufman in memory of Sol. P. Kaufman.
Red Light, Green Light, Golden Macdonald, Leonard Weisgard, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Red Light, Green Light, Golden Macdonald, Leonard Weisgard, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Series: A Zephyr book. "Junior books." Summary: All day and night the traffic signal blinks its messages of stop and go. "This book is complete and unabridged, manufactured under wartime conditions in conformity with all government regulations controlling the use of paper and other materials. Printed by Michaelson Lithograph Corporation."-- page preceding title page. Golden MacDonald was a pseudonym used by Margaret Wise Brown. Title page printed in red, green and black. Limited color palette lithography, mainly red, green, grey, brown and black. Case binding. Original color illustrated dust jacket, missing small part of …
Britain At War, Monroe Wheeler, Herbert Read, E. J. Carter, Carlos Dyer, E. Mcknight Kauffer
Britain At War, Monroe Wheeler, Herbert Read, E. J. Carter, Carlos Dyer, E. Mcknight Kauffer
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97 pages : illustrations (color frontispiece). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Defense of the Islands / T.S. Eliot -- The artist and national defense / Monroe Wheeler -- The war as seen by British artists / Herbert Read -- Paintings and drawings -- Photographs -- Architectural reconstruction and war-time forms / E.J. Carter -- Cartoons -- Posters -- The role of the artist in camouflage / Carlos Dyer -- Catalog of paintings and drawings. Ten thousand copies .. printed by the Plantin Press. Cover design by McKnight Kauffer. Gift of …
Summer Holiday, Richard Floethe, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Summer Holiday, Richard Floethe, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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[62] pages : all color illustrations (lithographs) ; 22 cm Imprint from title page verso. Housed in a paper covered slipcase printed with a basket weave pattern. "This book is limited to 150 copies, printed by lithography, hand colored and signed by the artist [signed], Richard Floethe. This copy is number 29 [signed and numbered in ink]"--Colophon. Bequest of Nina Abrams.
The Lost Merry-Go-Round, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Lost Merry-Go-Round, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
6 preliminary leaves, 104 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations. Illustrated title page and lining-papers. In Flittermouse Wood children discover a lost merry-go-round that takes them on magical journeys to places they long to go. "Printed in the United States of America, American Book-Stratford Press, Inc., New York."-- title page verso. Library has second printing, November 1938. Case binding. Original dust jacket, missing portions of spine and head of front cover. Water staining on half title page and verso. Purchased from Cellar Stories.
The Little White Goat, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Little White Goat, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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58 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations. Illustrated title page and lining-pages. Two children are led into a wood by a magical white goat, and are able to play with all the baby animals there. Case binding. Yellow-brown cloth with title and illustration stamped in orange. Purchase from Cellar Stories.
Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
56 pages color illustrations. Printed Photo-Offset by Suttley & Silverlock, LTD., Blackfriars Road. Color illustrated frontispiece, title page, and endpapers. Eleven full-page illustrations, with color decorations on each text page. Bound in bright paper covered pictorial boards with title in red. Case binding. Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875--3 August 1949) was a Scottish illustrator known for her beautiful illustrated children's books; she also designed jewelery and fabric, and painted pottery; King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Skipping Village, Lois Lenski, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Skipping Village, Lois Lenski, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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179 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : color frontispiece, color plates. "Oh, I know a town, a funny little town, that sits on the top of a hill; for years it has sat, in the very same spot, and I know it is sitting there still." Based on the author's childhood experiences near the turn of the century in a small Ohio town. Illustrated title page, illustrated map on lining-papers. Case binding, blue cloth with title and decorated frame stamped in yellow. Spine in poor condition. Purchase from Cellar Stories.
Voyaging Southward From The Strait Of Magellan, Rockwell Kentridge, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Voyaging Southward From The Strait Of Magellan, Rockwell Kentridge, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
xv, 184 pages, [1] leaf of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Illustration on title-page. Maps on lining-papers. Cover design also by Kent. Gift of the Estate of Henry D. Sharpe.
The Holy Experiment: A Message To The World From Pennsylvania, Violet Oakley, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Holy Experiment: A Message To The World From Pennsylvania, Violet Oakley, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
xii, l6, 19-38, 40-51, [7] pages : illus., 22 leaves of mounted color plates (2 folded); 57cm. Series of mural paintings by Violet Oakley... in the Governor̓s Reception Room and in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Printed in black, red and blue. In portfolio. Leather portfolio with stamp, border and leather bosses. Metal clasps hold the covers together. Gold leaf on inside covers. Leather spine has been repaired/replaced. Title vignette. Illustrated title-page. "This edition is limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 34." Numbered and signed by the artist. "The pages of …
Bugs And Wings And Other Things, Annie W. Franchot, Walter Harrison Cady, Jessie Willcox Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Bugs And Wings And Other Things, Annie W. Franchot, Walter Harrison Cady, Jessie Willcox Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library
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ix, 99 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illus. (some color). Contains illustrated lining papers. CONTENTS: The insects' symphony -- The locusts' song -- Aristocratic worms. Gift of Mrs. Murrary S. Danforth. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.