Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$4.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bce (Book Club Edition). The Jacket Is Stuck To The Boards And There Is Ownership Information On The Back Of The Second Free End Paper.
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.71 + shipping
Description: 8vo; pp. 436, (xii); colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations, colour b/w illustrations; original cloth, spine and corners bumped, chipped dustjacket, price clipped, a good copy.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt lettering in brown title blocks on black covers in a grey & pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 4346pp. plus 8pp. of illustrations. Dust jacket edges torn.
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Rockwell, Norman. My Adventures As An Illustrator. Doubleday, New York, 1960.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tiny bit of wear to the cloth on the head of the spine.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Description: As told to Thomas Rockwell. 19 pages of illustrations. 436 pp. Brown endpapers. Black cloth with gilt titles. Colour photo on DJ, not price-clipped. Light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Rockwell, Norman. My Adventures as an Illustrator By Norman Rockwell. Doubleday, New York, 1960.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pages clean and bright, boards tidy, small inscription on front endpaper, uncut closed edges, dust jacket rubbed, edge worn and chipped with small loss, closed tear on foot of d-j front 1cm, closed tear on foot of d-j back 1cm. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (so stated). 8vo. Color frontispiece, illustrations. Dust jacket photograph by Karsh (unclipped; short tear back panel). Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
ROCKWELL NORMAN. MY ADVENTURES AS AN ILLUSTRATOR. NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, 1960.
Price: US$53.90 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, VERY NICE COPY IN A PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER AND A SLIP CASE WHICH HAS SOME WEAR TO THE EDGES. SCARCE IN THE UK.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Rockwell, Norman. NORMAN ROCKWELL - MY ADVENTURES AS AN ILLUSTRATOR. Doubleday, New York, 1960.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jacket is practically perfect over a fine book. The autobiography of America's most beloved illustrator. A terrific copy, crisp and clean.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Norman Rockwell. NORMAN ROCKWELL My Adventures As an Illustrator,. Doubleday, 1960.
Price: US$71.25 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: ; Black cloth cover is rubbed at corners with a tiny smudge in title box on front cover, otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket is toned with modest wear to corners but clean and in very good+ condition. Publisher's price of $4.95 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. )
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rockwell signed this ex-library copy on front paper with inscrition, "Sincerely,". Autobiography of iconic Americana illustrator/artist. Book Has Presbyterian Home Library stamped on front and rear end papers with clean text block. Rear hinge is beginning to loosen, and black cloth boards show light rubbing. Spine shows where library label was removed, and spine ends show wear. Bottom of spine is frayed, extending to hinge. Corners have light fraying and other edges have some wear. No dust jacket.
Seller: Texas Star Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York, 1960. Stated First edition signed by author. Black cloth covered boards; gold titles in tan box on cover and spine; wear at edges; illustrated jacket in good condition with mild wear at edges, now in Brodart like cover; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; illustrations in black and white; small pencil notations on front endpapers, otherwise, interior is clean and unmarked; rear hinge cracked; 436 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Near fine hardcover first edition signed by author, with near fine dj. With photos and illustrations. 436 pages plus plates.
Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL on the front flyeaf with no inscription: "Sincerely Norman Rockwell." Clean and tight with crisp unmarked text. Norman Rockwell is regarded as one of America's most famous illustrators.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: BOOK IN FINE CONDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR on card (4.25"x3") pasted down on decorated ffe. Book perfectly clean and unopened. Jacket is unclipped ($4.95) with wear to spine ends and front corners. Three small tape repairs to verso. A fine collectible. 436 pages + a small portfolio. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Norman Rockwell on a blank leaf tipped in after the front flyleaf. Memoirs of the prolific American painter and illustrator, best known for his iconic depictions of American culture created for The Saturday Evening Post. Among his most popular works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, The Problem We All Live With, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series. Octavo: 436 p. with a color frontispiece and several illustrations (some color). Original black cloth binding, with mauve and gilt titles. Faint paperclip mark to the top edge of the front flyleaf. Light wear to the corners and tips, with just a hint of edgewear to the dust jacket; else very good or better.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (SIGNED by NORMAN ROCKWELL; Flatsigned, on first free page)- FIRST EDITION ('First Edition' STATED on Copyright Page)- Black cloth HARDCOVER, GOOD+/VERY GOOD-; light edgewear, hint of age toning to textblock. DUST JACKET, GOOD; light edgewear, a few small chips to head and heel of spine, light creases to edges, but UNCLIPPED, with ORIGINAL price ($4.95), and now wrapped in NEW archival protector. Decorated Endpapers. 436 pp. with Additional Section at rear: 'A PORTFOLIO' of Rockwell's COMMISSIONED artworks, book covers, and ADVERTISEMENTS in COLOR. ILLUSTRATED with B&W PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, and reproductions of some of the author's PAINTINGS. Rockwell is famous for the cover illustrations he created for The SATURDAY EVENING POST magazine over several decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, The Problem We All Live With, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), during which he produced covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations. Rockwell was a prolific artist, producing more than 4,000 original works in his lifetime. Most of his surviving works are in public collections. Rockwell was also commissioned to illustrate more than 40 books, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as well as painting the portraits for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. A nice, illustrated FIRST EDITION biography of one of America's FAVORITE ARTISTS, NORMAN ROCKWELL, SIGNED by NORMAN ROCKWELL himself.
Seller: The Maine Bookhouse, Oxford, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st,VG, in a very good dust juackt with some chipping along the foredge and a 1/8" deep x 3/4" chip missing from the top edge. Inscribed by Rockwell, "Welcome to New England to William and Elizabeth Gillette, Sincerely, Norman Rockwell." 436p. Frontis., illus. Comes with a certificate from the American Historical Guild authenticating Rockwell's signature.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine. First edition. Signed and inscribed by author Norman Rockwell. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, The Problem We All Live With, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), during which he produced covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations. Rockwell was a prolific artist, producing more than 4,000 original works in his lifetime. Most of his surviving works are in public collections. Rockwell was also commissioned to illustrate more than 40 books, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as well as painting the portraits for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.
Seller: Sean Fagan, Rare Books, Buford, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Singned 'Sincerely, Norman Rockwell; in black fountain ink on half-title page The wit, humanity, and many-sided talent of Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) are on full display in his classic autobiography. Rockwell’s New York City boyhood, his apprentice days at the Art Students League, his first fateful visit to the Saturday Evening Post, his adventures abroad, his move to rural Vermont―all are recounted with a mix of sharp observation and self-deprecating humor. Throughout Rockwell invites the reader into his artistic process: he introduces his favorite models, candidly reveals his biggest flops, and documents the creation of a Post cover step by step. Very fine, unread, first edition, first printing, in very fine mylar-protected dust jacket.Pictures available upon request. *Packed carefully and shipped in a box to insure arrival in pristine condition. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L105
Seller: Joe Staats, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Doubleday. New York. 1960. 436 pages. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Norman Rockwell on front flyleaf. Book is about near fine. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Black cloth is bright and clean. Minimal shelf-rubbing. Tiny faint droplet stain on top page edges' corner. Previous owner's name lightly written and stamped on front illustrated brown endpaper. Original DJ with $4.95 price intact on flap. Attractive, uncommon slipcase showcasing Rockwell's wood palette and paints in black and white photographs. Slipcase shows light handling and light soiling. Rockwell, a timeless American original, for the first time becomes his own subject in this autobiography, a first edition, first printing, signed in slipcase.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.