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N.C. Wyeth (Newell Convers Wyeth) | First Editions
1882 - 1945
Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was one of America's greatest illustrators. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books, 25 of them for Scribner's. These were known as the Scribner Classics, and constitute the work for which he is best known. The first of these, Treasure Island, was one of his masterpieces, and the proceeds paid for his studio. Wyeth was a realist painter, and had to compete with the rise of camera and photography. His illustrations are sometimes seen as melodramatic, due to their immediacy - his work was designed to be understood quickly, and universally.As well as Treasure Island, Wyeth illustrated editions of Kidnapped (1913), Robin Hood (1917), The Last of the Mohicans(1919), Robinson Crusoe (1920), Rip Van Winkle (1921), The White Company (1922), and The Yearling (1939). Moreover (in additon to Scriber's) he produced work for many prominent periodicals, including Century, Harper's Monthly, Ladies' Home Journal, McClure's, Outing, and The Popular Magazine.
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Robin Hood.
Philadelphia, PA: David McKay, Publisher, 1917. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST WYETH EDITION. Large Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.362. With eight colour plates and a colour-illustrated title page, all by N.C. Wyeth. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, as well as a handsome coloured plate also to..... More
The Last Galley. Impressions and Tales.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1911. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 298 [14]. With a chromolithographic frontispiece by Wyeth and one further lithographic illustration by Rountree. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Contents clean, edges slightly toned, moderate handling and wear..... More
The Yearling. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. FINE CONDITION, a later edition. Quarto, pp.[x]; 400; [4], blank. Publisher's illustrated cloth with top-edge red, pictorial endpapers, in original card box with colour plate illustration laid down to lid. Book is fine, box is edgeworn with a few neat repairs. A nicely presented..... More
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