The Life of Christ in Woodcuts
by Reid, James
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
The life of Jesus told in 71 wood-engraved plates, in a style similar to that of Lynd Ward.
First Edition, 8vo, ¼ cloth, paper covered boards. Gilt rulings and a black wing design on the front board.
James Reid's first published work was a critical and commercial success, regarded as highly sophisticated and emotive. His second work, illustrating the Song of Songs, did not fare well in the declining depression economy. Reid later described lugging his canvases around NYC by bus in an effort to make a sale: "Those depression days were noted for threadbare soles, my shoes no exception, and following the accepted practice I would trim a piece of cardboard to fashion innersoles." He produced no other books and worked as a successful commercial artist for the rest of his life. [1907-1989]
CONDITION: Good; boards tanned at margins and backstrip. Lengthy inked inscription on front pastedown; remnants of removed bookplate on FEP; text block is tight and clean.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- s240521c
- Title
- The Life of Christ in Woodcuts
- Author
- Reid, James
- Illustrator
- James Reid
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY:Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Woodcuts, christ, bible, graphic novels, jesus, illustration, engravings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....