John Pettie by Martin Hardie, A C Black (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tipped-in colour illustrations of paintings by John Pettie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Firmly bound blue cloth boards with some fading, colour paper panel illustration on the front board, foxing on the introduction and title pages, illustrated plates unaffected, creases on the corner of one illustration.

r. 8° brauner Leinenband mit Deckel- und Rückenprägung ohne OU., EA., 278 Seiten, mit zahlr. Hochwertig gedruckten Farbtafeln von Gemälden Petties, in englischer Sprache guter Zustand, einige Seiten leicht stockfleckig 1300 gr.

Hardcover. Terracotta cloth boarrds with gilt stamped lettering and illustration in color and gilt. xxiv, 278 pp. 42 color plates. Portraits. Contents: Appendixes: I. Portraits of John Pettie. II. Catalogue of pictures by John Pettie. G+ ex-museum library copy with stamps on end papers and text block, barcode sticker on back end paper (which has a large chunk torn from it). moderate age wear to edges and corners, a bit of discoloring at interior.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Olive cloth boards with artist palette/ ribbons and wreath design, gilt blocked titles to spine and front board, 225 x 170 mm approx. Top edge gilt, xxiv+ 278 pp.+ 4 pp of publisher's adverts. Portrait colour frontis with captioned guard + 49 others of the subject's works all as called for + 8 small b/w illustrations. First Edition 1915 in Blacks 20s. series of Beautiful Books. The life and works of the Edinburgh born artist who died in Hastings Sussex 1839-93. The copy offered is inscribed in ink to the free front end paper from Norman Pettie April 1943. The subject had four children but our limited research on the internet does not reveal if he is a family member.VG no d/j (Book- A little light shelf rubbing no notable soiling, Ink gift insc. as above.Glue to signatures failing - tapes sewing and mull holding- no cracks to end papers.Offset browning to front free end paper and mild to moderate foxing to prelims). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

Decorated tan cloth with gilt titles to cover and spine. t.e.g. A very good copy. pp. xxiv, 278. With frontispiece and 49 further illustrations by various artists and with eight small illustrations in black and white.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. 278 pages, 50 color illustrations and 8 in b&w. "Though fifteen years have passed since his death, no monograph on John Pettie has yeat appeared. These fifteen years, however, have witnessed a growing appreciation of his work, and especially of his power and influence as a colourist." VERY GOOD+ HARDCOVER, brown cloth covers, with a nice illustrated cover and spine. A nice clean tight copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. John Petrie (illustrator). First Edition. - 278 pages + 2pp inserted ads, indexed, illustrated with 50 full page colour plates tissue guarded with captions, 8 - B & W text illustrations - teg - spine and front cover decorated with gilt palates, brushes and laurel wreath - corners bumped, else a fine fresh copy, tight hinges, no appreciable wear and unusual thus - one of 3,00 copies [ was reprinted in 1910 ] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

xxiv, 278pp with 50 colour plates and 8 monochrome illustrations. Gilt cloth 23.5x17.5cms. Illustrated biography, with chronological list of works, including undated works, and list of portraits of the artist.

First edition. Royal 8vo. Olive green cloth with a palette and laurel wreath design blocked in gilt and printed in green and pink on the front and spine. Lettering in gilt on the front and spine. Top edge gilt. A fine copy, clean and bright. Fifty full page colour illustrations under captioned tissue guards and 8 black and white drawings. One of 3000 copies, originally published at 20/-. Scottish born Pettie (1839-1893) excelled at painting heroic scenes from Scotland's history. His palette utilised a rich resonance of colour, and his art was known for its dash and vigour, the pictorial qualities taking precedence over the storytelling which had been the immediate concern of his predecessors. Prolific and industrious, he became one of the best known British artists of his day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First few pages and fore edge lightly foxed; Scottish painter. Top edge gilt. 50 tissue guarded plates from watercolors. 8 small b&w illustrations ; 8vo; xxiv, 278 pages.

First edition. Royal 8vo. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt, in the scarce printed dustwrapper. A fine, bright copy, with some foxing to the endpapers, in a very good dustwrapper, which has some tape reinforcement to the verso and a hole in the spine. Fifty tissue guarded colour illustrations and 8 black and white drawings. One of 3000 copies, originally published at 20/-. Scottish born Pettie (1839-1893) excelled at painting heroic scenes from Scotland's history. His palette utilised a rich resonance of colour, and his art was known for its dash and vigour, the pictorial qualities taking precedence over the storytelling which had been the immediate concern of his predecessors. Prolific and industrious he became one of the best known British artists of his day. Inman 65.

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1908. 8vo., original brown cloth with a palette and laurel wreath design blocked in gilt and printed in green and pink on the front and spine, letters blocked in gilt, with a gilt top edge; 50 colour-plate illustrations by Pettie, captioned on the tissue guards, 8 small illustrations in black and white; boards a little rubbed and marked on the lower panel, offsetting to end-papers as usual, some very minor scattered foxing throughout, otherwise a very good copy with nice, clean, plates. First edition. 3000 copies. This brown cloth is a variant to the usual binding which is olive green. No reprint has been recorded so it is assumed that both varients were from the first printing. - A biography of the 19th century Scottish painter. âA & C Blackâs Twenty Shilling series of colour plate books, published from 1901 onwards, brought the world into the home at a time when travel, especially overseas, was much more difficult than it is today. For the first time books containing large numbers of colour plates â" up to 100 per volume â" were made available to the public at an affordable price.â (Inman) Inman 65.