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Price: US$11.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of a museum exhibit catalog, a retrospective of the work of William Gropper, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. The artist William Gropper was born on December 3, 1897 and passed away on January 3, 1977. He was an American cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist, politically, way left-of-center, and contributed his satiric art works to The Revolutionary Age, The Liberator, The New Masses, The Worker, and The Morning Freiheit, among many others. 104 black-and-white and duotone illustrations on 128 pp. Complete with an Introduction by August L. Freundlich and with artist statements, too. Remainder mark, unobtrusive.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Freundlich, August L.. William Gropper: Retrospective. The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: chipped dj edges with a few tears to spine and top dj cover edges.
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.20 + shipping
Description: 128p., b&w illustrations with a half dozen in color, 11x8.5 inch museum catalogue wraps, remainder mark on bottom fore edge else very good condition.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
freundlich,august. william gropper; retrospective. ward ritchie press, 1968.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ex-lib hardback book in good+ condition
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Freundlich August L.. William Gropper Retrospective. Ward Ritchie Press, 1968.
Price: US$23.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: the text is clean with no remarks or highlights. 128 pages with no index. the illustrations are in black and white. not price clipped. creased dust jacket with some small tears around the edges.- We ship from Canada and the USA. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
Seller: bmyguest books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: First 4to, cloth. 128 pp, 113 illustrations (8 in color),chronology, bibliography. Very good in a dj with edge chips and tears.
Seller: Joel Rudikoff Art Books, White Plains, NY, U.S.A.
Freundlich, August L.. William Gropper: Retrospective. The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4to. 128 pp. Profusely Illustrated. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine in original printed dust jacket. Published in conjunction with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami. Includes the introduction/critique by A.L. Freundlich, a chronology and a bibliography. Some wear to the top of the dj. Otherwise in good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.50 + shipping
Description: 128p., front., illus. (some color). Bookplate to front pastedown endaper, somewhat shelfworn dust jacket with 3/4 inch hole to spine about 3 inches up from the bottom, remnants of old dust jacket protector stuck to verso.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Los Angeles, CA: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. 1968. Very good. - Quarto, black & yellow cloth titled in yellow on the spine & in yellow with a portrait vignette in black & yellow on the front cover, in a price- clipped dust wrapper. The covers are very lightly bumped with a small area of soiling to the bottom corner of the rear cover. There are small areas of rubbing to the dust jacket & its top edge is chipped with small pieces out. The rear panel is lightly soiled with a small stain. 128 pages, including 94 pages of illustrations in black & white & color. Very good. First trade edition.Published in collaboration with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Freundlich August (signed by Gropper). William Gropper: Retrospective. Ward Ritchie, 1968.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Filled with drawings. Location:405 128 pp. dj very torn , inscribed by Gropper and with a small pen drawing of a face 405
Seller: Schoen Books, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Freundlich, August L.. William Gropper: Retrospective. The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angele, 1968.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards with blue leather spine, 29 cm, 128 pages, with black & white plates. Contains a notice that 100 copies of the book contained a signed lithograph from the artist. There is no litho present. Leather spine sunned. In mildly worn slipcase.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Freundlich, August L.. William Gropper: Retrospective. Ward Ritchie, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: 128 pages. Eight color plates and 104 black and white illustrations. Bibliography. With a critique by the author. Orig. illustrated black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: LARGE or HEAVY BOOK, MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. NO AMAZON OVERSEAS SHIPPING. Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket inscribed by William Gropper. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.50 + shipping
Description: 128p., front., illus., boards, dj with chipping on edges and spine, else very good, inscribed by artist.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. 128 pages. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth; printed dust jacket. First trade edition, inscribed with a self-portrait caricature sketch by Gropper on the half-title. A near-fine copy in a somewhat worn jacket, with tears and some losses
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Freundlich, August L.. William Gropper : Retrospective. The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Artist inscribed (personalized) and with a sketch. Tight and otherwise unmarked. Jacket shows light chip and closed tears. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$192.50 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: 128pp, 104 b&w and 8 color illustrations. Designed by Joseph Simon. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the significant monograph on the celebrated American Social Realist artist William Gropper published in conjunction with a 1968 touring retrospective exhibition circulated by the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami. It presents a comprehensive selection of over forty years of the artist's figurative portraits of the world's disenfranchised poor and working classes contrasted with their powerful employers and oppressors. A brand new, most handsome example of the Lowe Art Gallery deluxe edition in yellow pictorial boards housed in a yellow paper-over-boards slipcase limited to one hundred and fifty copies with the 8 ½ x 10 ½" black and white lithograph entitled "Grandfather" NUMBERED (123/150) AND SIGNED "Gropper." in pencil along the bottom margin of the recto along with the publisher's limitation slip laid in, as issued. This is separate and distinct from the edition of one hundred examples for the use of the artist that included a handful of copies bound in blue leather. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.
Seller: Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
Freundlich, August L.. WILLIAM GROPPER: A RETROSPECTIVE. , 1968.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Los Angeles 1968 Ward Ritchie. 4to., 128pp., illustrations, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Gropper, with a fullpage pen sketch (caricature-like self portrait) by him on the half title. Fine in VG DJ, light wear to head of spine.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
FREUNDLICH, August. William Gropper: Retrospective. The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An Exhibition Catalogue. 112 illustrations, including 8 in color.128pp., Small 4to, pictorial cloth, board slipcase. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, in conjunction with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. A near fine copy in very good slipcase. Presentation copy signed by Gropper on the frontis portrait.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
FREUNDLICH, August. William Gropper: Retrospective. The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Unclipped DJ in archival cover.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
FREUNDLICH, August. William Gropper: Retrospective. The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An Exhibition Catalogue. 112 illustrations, including 8 in color. 128pp. Slim 4to, black pictorial cloth, d.w. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, in conjunction with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. Limited first edition. Number 30 of 150 special copies, with a separate b/w lithograph, signed by the artist.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
August L. freundlich. William Gropper: Retrospective. Ward Ritchie Press, 1968.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue leather spine over blue boards. 128pp. Limited to 100 copies which were privately printed for the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami. Each containing an original lithograph which is limited and signed by the artist loosely laid in. This lithograph is #33/100 and is signed by Gropper. In slipcase. Leather spine shows some sunning. A one inch stain near bottom of spine.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 128pp, 104 b&w and 8 color illustrations. Designed by Joseph Simon. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the significant monograph on the celebrated American Social Realist artist William Gropper published in conjunction with a 1968 touring retrospective exhibition circulated by the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami. It presents a comprehensive selection of over forty years of the artist's figurative portraits of the world's disenfranchised poor and working classes contrasted with their powerful employers and oppressors. A handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon ultra-deluxe edition bound in one-quarter blue leather-over-boards for the use of the artist housed in a blue paper-over-boards slipcase limited to one hundred copies with the 8 ½ x 10 ½" black and white lithograph entitled "Grandfather" NUMBERED (84/100) AND SIGNED "Gropper." in pencil along the bottom margin of the recto along with the publisher's limitation slip laid in, as issued. The gilt-stamped leather spine bears just a bit of sunning and spotting along with a slight nick to both the heel and crown. The slipcase shows some mild soiling and age-toning along with an inch-long separation to the joint at the bottom edge. It has been priced accordingly. This is separate and distinct from the editions issued in a yellow paper-over-boards slipcase made for sale by the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.
Seller: Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
FREUNDLICH, August. William Gropper: Retrospective. The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, 1968.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An Exhibition Catalogue. 112 illustrations, including 8 in color. 128pp. Slim 4to, black & yellow pictorial cloth, yellow board slipcase. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, in conjunction with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. Limited First Edition. Fine. Inscribed presentation and original drawing by the artist on the fly-leaf. Number 7 of 150 special copies, with a separate black & white lithograph, signed by the artist.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.