Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American People, Harry T. Peters, 1942

With 192 Plates. With 247 black and white illustrations and 32 color illustrations. This special edition of Currier & Ives is set in 12 pt. Caslon Monotype with hand-drawn decorative initials. Faded blue decoration to top edges. Gilt title on spine.

 

A very unique and special collection of timeless prints. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator- Erik C. Haugaard. Includes for example the following artists: Louis Maurer / Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait / Fanny Palmer / Charles Parsons etc Includes for example the following prints: American Express Train / The Always Ready American Fireman / American National Game of Baseball, The / Birds Eye View of Mt. Vernon, the Home of Washington / Branding Slaves / The Skating Pond Central Park, Winter / Dartmouth College / The Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776 / The Four Seasons of Life: Old Age "The Season of Rest" / George Washington First President of the United States / The Home of the Deer. Morning in the Adirondacks / Midnight Race on the Mississippi / The Morning Recreation / The Puzzled Fox / Prairie Hens / The Winter Road / Tom Sayers Champion of England / Winter in the Country. Getting Ice / View of New York. From Brooklyn Heights / The Windmill / A Philosopher in Ecstasy / The Old Barn Floor / Northern Scenery / Preparing for Market etc.

 

Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm based in New York City from 1835 to 1907 headed first by Nathaniel Currier, and later jointly with his partner James Merritt Ives. The prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored. Lithographic prints could be reproduced quickly and purchased inexpensively, and the firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people". The firm adopted the name "Currier and Ives" in 1857. (Wikipedia)

 

Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co.

Publication Date: 1942

Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket

 

 

12 ¼” (31.1 cm) tall x 9 ¼” (23.5 cm) wide x 1 ¼” thick. Weighs 3 lbs 4.9 oz

 

 

The front of the dust jacket is worn with pieces missing; the back is more intact. The cover is moderately soiled along the top and bottom edges but otherwise fairly clean. The spine and binding are in excellent condition.  Other than yellowing, the pages and plates are in very fine condition.