Author: Dana, Richard Henry (Jr.)
Title: Two Years Before the Mast : A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
Description: Chicago, IL, The Lakeside Press (R.R. Donnelley), 1930. First Thus. Hardcover. Quarto. One of one thousand copies printed. Blue cloth over beige spine, with gilt designs to front board and spine. Light rubbing to extremities, and some sunning to spine. With illustrations by Edward A. Wilson.This particular copy belonged to the illustrator, with his personal design (an amphibious boy, sounding a horn, flanked by the initials E. A.W.) stamped in red at top of front free endpaper. ix, 524 p. Includes appendix. Numerous illustrations, including some full-page color, and many intratextual vignettes, both black and white and color. Housed in very thick cardboard slipcase, with dark blue (?) spine label with gilt lettering. "In 1926, R.R. Donnelley launched its famous Four American Books promotional campaign.. R.R Donnelley wanted to use the campaign to demonstrate that illustrated books could be printed on modern commercial machinery to a standard that was as good if not better than that of high-quality presses in Europe.. The Four American Books campaign was orchestrated by C. G. Littell, vice president and treasurer, and William A. Kittredge, head of the department of design and typography. Between 1926 and 1930, Littell and Kittredge developed a list of possible books to include, identified authoritative texts, hired the finest illustrators, manufactured the books, and managed an extensive marketing and distribution plan. One important consideration in compiling the list of books was to find titles that had not been previously illustrated. Four well-known book designers were then asked to select from the list and commissioned to design and illustrate a new edition. Rockwell Kent selected Herman Melville's Moby Dick; W. A. Dwiggins, Edgar Allen Poe's Tales; Edward A. Wilson, Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast; and Rudolph Ruzicka, Henry Thoreau's Walden. Every detail-the choice of paper, typeface, ink, binding materials, and in one case even the design of the wrapping paper and mailing label-was managed by the designer. The campaign was so successful that in the following years, RR Donnelley received orders for trade books from Random House, the Literary Guild, Harcourt Brace, and others. RR Donnelley's three-volume edition of Moby Dick* is still regarded as the definitive illustrated edition of Melville's great work.." (U. of Chicago Library: "Promoting the Craft: The Four American Books Campaign). Ill.: Edw. A. Wilson. Very Good Plus in Good Slipcase .
Keywords: Edw. A. Wilson
Title: Two Years Before the Mast : A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
Description: Chicago, IL, The Lakeside Press (R.R. Donnelley), 1930. First Thus. Hardcover. Quarto. One of one thousand copies printed. Blue cloth over beige spine, with gilt designs to front board and spine. Light rubbing to extremities, and some sunning to spine. With illustrations by Edward A. Wilson.This particular copy belonged to the illustrator, with his personal design (an amphibious boy, sounding a horn, flanked by the initials E. A.W.) stamped in red at top of front free endpaper. ix, 524 p. Includes appendix. Numerous illustrations, including some full-page color, and many intratextual vignettes, both black and white and color. Housed in very thick cardboard slipcase, with dark blue (?) spine label with gilt lettering. "In 1926, R.R. Donnelley launched its famous Four American Books promotional campaign.. R.R Donnelley wanted to use the campaign to demonstrate that illustrated books could be printed on modern commercial machinery to a standard that was as good if not better than that of high-quality presses in Europe.. The Four American Books campaign was orchestrated by C. G. Littell, vice president and treasurer, and William A. Kittredge, head of the department of design and typography. Between 1926 and 1930, Littell and Kittredge developed a list of possible books to include, identified authoritative texts, hired the finest illustrators, manufactured the books, and managed an extensive marketing and distribution plan. One important consideration in compiling the list of books was to find titles that had not been previously illustrated. Four well-known book designers were then asked to select from the list and commissioned to design and illustrate a new edition. Rockwell Kent selected Herman Melville's Moby Dick; W. A. Dwiggins, Edgar Allen Poe's Tales; Edward A. Wilson, Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast; and Rudolph Ruzicka, Henry Thoreau's Walden. Every detail-the choice of paper, typeface, ink, binding materials, and in one case even the design of the wrapping paper and mailing label-was managed by the designer. The campaign was so successful that in the following years, RR Donnelley received orders for trade books from Random House, the Literary Guild, Harcourt Brace, and others. RR Donnelley's three-volume edition of Moby Dick* is still regarded as the definitive illustrated edition of Melville's great work.." (U. of Chicago Library: "Promoting the Craft: The Four American Books Campaign). Ill.: Edw. A. Wilson. Very Good Plus in Good Slipcase .
Keywords: Edw. A. Wilson
Price: US$ 65.00 Seller: Aardvark Books
- Book number: 84969
- Book number: 84969