Buy this book on-line Martignette, Charles G., Louis K. Meisel: : Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-upsGERMANY.KOLN,TASCHEN,2008. ISBN 9783836503051.
German,Folio,HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published,by same publisher,1999.This is a publisher's 25-year celebratory,anniversary special edition.] NMINT/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, dw/dj unclipped - no publisher's price present.
Bright,crisp,clean colour pictorial artwork by Gil Elvgren,illustrated dw/dj,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears to edges - though there is a small (approx 1") tear-drop shaped hole,and subsequent loss,to upper wrap of dw/dj - (production/distribution fault?) - only noticed after purchase.Wrapped and protected since issue
/purchase.Top+fore-edges bright and clean;
contents bright,tight and pristine.Bright,
clean,sharp-cornered,lilac paper-covered
bds with white ink printed letters+No.25 logo to boards and spine/backstrip and immaculate white+lilac similar logo illustrated endpapers.Folio HB,8-271pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters (English text),4 chapters (German text),4 chapters (French text),small number contemporary b/w photographs,profuse Gil Elvgren,colour artwork illustrations (588 approx) throughout the book and the text,an index of Elvgren works and acknowledgements at rear,plus [unpaginated],half-title page,4 full-page,full-colour glamour pin-up artwork illustrated frontispieces(?),colour illustrated contents list/table.
Chapters include: Why an Elvgren Monograph?, The Art and Life of Gil Elvgren,The Louis F. Dow Years,1937-1944, The 1940's: The Early Brown & Bigelow Years, The 1950's: The Middle Brown & Bigelow Years, 1960-1972: The Late Brown & Bigelow Years,and Advertising and Miscellaneous Works.
Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.
Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Martignette, Charles G., Louis K. Meisel: : Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-ups. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, atlases, antiquarian books, libri antichi and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |