Author: CROUSE, RUSSEL
Title: Mr. Currier and Mr. Ives: A Note on Their Lives and Times
Description: Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1937. Hardcover. The master 19th Century American craftsmen Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives captured the essence of their time, as they presented views of notable events and scenes. Their works were widely distributed in the US; in this work the background stories of their pictures are examined. Includes 32 plates, half in color and half in black & white showing examples of their work. With an introduction by Harry T. Peters. --- In beige buckram-covered boards with titling and decorations in red to cover & in gilt to red spine block; faded red topstain. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A sound, tightly-bound copy, but with soiling to covers, a partial split to front hinge, inked gift inscription dated 1937 and a few leaves with small tears to lower edges.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; (14), 138 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .

Keywords: >>American Society, Life in the Us >>Art / Architecture / Fashion