Gibson, Charles Dana. Drawings. New York: H. R. Russell & Son, 1894.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Oblong folio, bound in tan cloth lettered in gilt; ex-library copy, with several unobtrusive stickers and minor tear to title page, repaired on the verso. First edition, with 84 black-and-white illustrations. A presentation copy, inscribed: "To Mrs. Drake with Sincere appreciation and thanks from Gibson, Dec. 18, 1894, on the dedication page. A handsome copy of a significant work.

Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.

Gibson, Charles Dana. DRAWINGS. R.H. Russell & Son, New York, 1894.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition of this beautiful Gilded Age production showcasing the famous "Gibson girl" style that the artist popularized - with an autograph letter signed by Gibson. Images of the feminine ideal in the age of Art Nouveau from its most influential US practitioner, in a large format presentation. Including a letter in which Gibson expresses his regrets that several drawings a patron is interested in have since left his possession. A beautiful book. 11.5'' x 17.5''. Original half cloth, paper pictorial boards. Printed on coated paper. Illustrated in black and white. Autograph letter signed tipped onto front fly leaf. Gift inscription to title pages, dated Christmas 1894. Binding with some toning and spots of soil to front. Interior with a bit of soil but overall clean and fresh.

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

Gibson, Charles Dana. DRAWINGS. H. R. Russell and Son, New York, 1894.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. INSCRIBED TO THE ARTIST DANIEL BEARD on the dedication page, "To Dan Beard whose advice and friendship is of the greatest value to his friend C. D. Gibson, Dec. 1894." Beard was an illustrator, author, youth leader and social reformer of whom Gibson wrote, in a tribute appearing in Boy's Life ("My Friend Dan Beard," Feb. 1925), "He was the first professional artist I ever came in contact with, personally. That was nearly fifty years ago. I am proud to have known him intimately all these years." Large (18 x 12") oblong off-white beveled paper-covered boards with plain quarter linen spine; "Gibson Girl"-style drawing on front cover in black; illustrated throughout with satirical full-page drawings of love and life from ballroom to drawing room with the images of women inspired by his wife and her four sisters; unpaginated. Good with areas of paper covering worn from board edges, spine cloth repaired, and linen tape to inner hinges. Small chip to lower corner front endpaper otherwise interior pages are near fine. Nice association.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.