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By: Armitage, Merle
Price: $18.00
Publisher: New York., E. Weyhe.: 1944
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 21561
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... View more info
By: Armitage, Merle.
Price: $90.00
Publisher: Yucca Valley, California., Manzanita Press.: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 21538
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 ... View more info
By: Armitage, Merle.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Ames, Iowa., Iowa State University Press.: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 21540
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... View more info
By: Armitage, Merle.
Price: $90.00
Publisher: Yucca Valley, California., Manzanita Press.: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 21537
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 ... View more info
By: Armitage, Merle.
Price: $31.50
Publisher: El Cajon, California., Manzanita Press.: 1974
Seller ID: 27590
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... View more info
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
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... View more info
