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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
Treasure Island.
London: Cassell & Co., 1911. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST UK WYETH ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.xiv; 273 [3]. With 14 colour plates, as well as an illustrated title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a colour illustration laid over upper. Dichromatic illustrated endpapers. Blind..... More
Kidnapped. The Adventures of David Balfour.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1913]. [Adventure Fiction] FIRST WYETH EDITION. Quarto (24 x 18cm), pp.xii; 289; [3], blank. With colour-illustrated title page and fourteen captioned colour plates, one folding map. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, colour plate laid down to upper, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others..... More
The Black Arrow. A Tale of the Two Roses. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. [Historical Fiction] FIRST WYETH ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (24 x 18cm), pp.x; 320. With fourteen full-page colour illustrations. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and full size pictorial illustration laid down to upper board, colour printed illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed..... More
Michael Strogoff. A Courier of the Czar Alexander II.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. [Adventure Fiction] FIRST WYETH EDITION. Quarto (24 x 18cm), pp.viii; 397; [1], blank. With colour-illustrated title page and nine captioned colour plates. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, colour plate laid down to upper, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Contents clean..... More
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