Author:Armitage, Merle

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Accent on America.

By: Armitage, Merle

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York., E. Weyhe.: 1944

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 21561

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

8vo - 23.5 x 15 cm.; [2] - 403 - [3] pp. Dark blue cloth with red lettering on spine and front. The text block head edge is stained red as issued though somewhat faded now. One of the limited edition of 1675 copies designed by Armitage. Signed and inscribed by Armitage on the back free end paper as follows: "For Frances - the north, east, west & south wind - bless her vitality! From her admiring friend. Merle Armitage 1973". The spine is very faded with the lettering on it being barely readable. The boards themselves show milder fading to the edges / margins and the lettering on the fr...
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Homage to the Santa Fe: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. (The Many Facets of Big Time Railroading).

By: Armitage, Merle.

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Yucca Valley, California., Manzanita Press.: 1973

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 21537

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; [14] - 141 - [5] pp. Bright yellow cloth with black lettering on spine and front. Illustrated end papers done in pale blue. Signed by Armitage in red ink on the recto of the fourth preliminary leaf as follows: "For Irene, Noblewoman and one of my favorite persons with deepest respect & love. Merle 1974". Irene Rich was a screen star from Hollywood and often played the leading lady to Will Rogers. The dust jacket is edge worn with small chips to the edges and closed tears on the top edge. The spine is a tad faded and there is general but very light soiling.; Signed ...
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Homage to the Santa Fe: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. (The Many Facets of Big Time Railroading).

By: Armitage, Merle.

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Yucca Valley, California., Manzanita Press.: 1973

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 21538

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; [14] - 141 - [5] pp. Bright yellow cloth with black lettering on spine and front. Illustrated end papers done in pale blue. Signed by Armitage in black ink on the recto of the fourth preliminary leaf as follows: "For Louis(?) Harboe from Fran Rich via Merle Armitage 1974". Fran Rich was a sculptor of some renown from the midwest and the daughter of Irene Rich of Hollywood fame. The dust jacket is edge worn with small chips to the edges and closed tears on the top edge and with a scuff in the centre of the front that has torn the paper for ~1 cm. The spine is a tad ...
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Accent on Life.

By: Armitage, Merle.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Ames, Iowa., Iowa State University Press.: 1965

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 21540

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xv - 386 pp. Black cloth over boards with red and white lettering on spine, blind stamped MA monogram on front. Illustrated with 24 pages of black and white photographs.Signed and inscribed on the verso of the front free end paper as follows: " For dear Frances who reaches for the stars! Warmly - Merle Armitage 1973". Frances is Frances Rich, a sculptor of some renown from the midwest and the daughter of Irene Rich of Hollywood fame. Loosely laid in are small reproductions of two black and white drawings by Armitage, Snow Deer and the second untitled with a male danc...
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The Sculpture of Frances Rich.

By: Armitage, Merle.

Price: $31.50

Publisher: El Cajon, California., Manzanita Press.: 1974

Seller ID: 27590

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

4to - 28 x 21.5 cm.; (8) - 136 pp. Blue cloth over boards with yellow lettering on the spine and the front board. Illustrated yellow end papers. Eight page introduction by Armitage followed by captioned and referenced black and white photgraphs of Frances' work in themed sections as follows: "Monumentals & Public Sculpture", "Special Works", "Persons & Personalities", "Mothers & Children, Angels, Dancers", "Drawings", "Public & Private Owners & Collectors" with the last section being a 4 page list of names. The colophon page (135) is specifically...
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Dance Memoranda.

By: Armitage, Merle. (Edwin Cole, editor).

Price: $112.50

Publisher: Freeport, New York., Books for Libraries Press.: 1969

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 21521

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

4to - 28 x 21.5 cm.; [6] - 58 - [224] pp. Teal blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on a red spine panel. First published in 1946, this is one of the "Essay Index Reprint Series" from the Books for Libraries Press. Foreword by Catharine Bamman. Signed by the author on the front free end paper as follows: "This book, via Grace Denton Esser is for Frances Rich - one of the few people it was made for, and one of the few who can understand its meaning - Warmly, Merle Armitage, December 1973". Grace Denton Esser was a contemporary of both Frances Rich and Merle Armitage workin...
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Author:Armitage, Merle

Accent on America.

Homage to the Santa Fe: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. (The Many Facets of Big Time Railroading).

Homage to the Santa Fe: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. (The Many Facets of Big Time Railroading).

Accent on Life.

The Sculpture of Frances Rich.

Dance Memoranda.