Description: Erewhon Signed by Rockwell Kent Limited ed #973/1500 w Slipcase 1934 Erewhon Published by: The Limited Edition Club Printed in: 1934 Illustrated by: Rockwell Kent ----- Features ----- · Original blue boards · Many illustrations throughout · Limited Edition Signed by Rockwell Kent #973/1500 Condition This book is in very good condition. There are no bookplates or markings of any kind. The pages are clean and free of any foxing. The book contains many illustrations throughout the book. The book comes with its rare original slipcase. The slipcase is in good condition. There is some yellowing to the slipcase's spine. This is the Limited edition Signed by Rockwell Kent, #973/1500. A hard to find copy of Butler's classic work. ---------- About the Illustrator---------- Rockwell Kent (1882– 1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer. He lived much of his early life in and around New York City where he attended the Horace Mann School, and moved in his mid-40s to an Adirondack farmstead that he called Asgaard where he lived and painted until his death. Kent studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day. A transcendentalist and mystic in the tradition of Thoreau and Emerson, whose works he read, Kent found inspiration in the austerity and stark beauty of wilderness.His series of land and seascapes from often forbidding locales convey the Symbolist spirit evoking the mysteries and cosmic wonders of the natural world. "I don't want petty self-expression", Kent wrote, "I want the elemental, infinite thing; I want to paint the rhythm of eternity."In the late summer of 1918 Kent and his nine year-old son ventured to the American frontier of Alaska. Wilderness (1920), the first of Kent's several adventure memoirs, is an edited and illustrated compilation of his letters home. The New Statesman described Wilderness as "easily the most remarkable book to come out of America sinceLeaves of Grass was published."Approached in 1926 by publisher R. R. Donnelley to produce an illustrated edition of Two Years Before the Mast, Kent suggested Moby-Dick instead. Published in 1930 by the Lakeside Press, the three-volume limited edition filled with Kent's haunting black-and-white pen/brush and ink drawings sold out immediately; Random House produced a trade edition which was also immensely popular. A previously obscure book,Moby Dick had been rediscovered by critics in the early 1920s. The success of the Rockwell Kent illustrated edition was a factor in its becoming recognized as the classic it is today. ---------- Return Policy---------- If you are unsatisfied with your purchase for any reason, a FULL refund will be issued so long as I am notified within 14 days after you receive your purchase. The buyer is responsible for return shipping costs. A great chance to own a Limited Edition copy of Kent's classic work. If you have any questions or you want more pictures please feel free to email. Overseas bidders only Paypal accepted Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing.300+ Listing Templates! Auctiva gets you noticed! The complete eBay Selling Solution.
Price: 170 USD
Location: Miami, Florida
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