Edward Hicks : His Life and Art by Ford, Alice

Abbeville Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Abbeville Press, 1985-11-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.6000 10.1000 10.1000.

New York: Abbeville, 1985. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Very Good+ clothbound hardcover with fading to the top and bottom edges of the boards and very light foxing to the text block edges in a Very Good dust jacket with sunning to the front and spine and very light shelf wear. Note that the white line along the spine in our photo is the reflection of the flash. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Edward Hicks (1780-1849) was an itinerant Quaker preacher and painter of coaches, signs and his own pictures. "When not torturing himself with guilt for being an artist or for leaving his wife and children in order to preach, he produced some masterpieces--notably The Peaceable Kingdom, whose 50 or so variants dramatize Isaiah's biblical prophecies." A biography of the artist with a generous selection of his work. Text by Alice Ford. 276 pages; 50 color plates and 100 b&w plates and text… Read More

New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. quarto, gray cloth boards in dust jacket, book and jacket are in very good + condition, jacket shows edgewear, book show wear to boards, 276pp.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Hardcover. VG-. Green-gray cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket. 276 pp. Numerous bw, color repros. A monumental investigation into and presentation of this Quaker folk artist's work. Extensive notes and sources. This is without doubt the most comprehensive look at Hicks' work to date.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 276 pages illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Gray cloth with dark green title to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Beautiful copy. Like new. Edward Hicks (1780-1849), itinerant Quaker preacher and painter of coaches, signs and his own pictures, viewed Paine and Spinoza as devils, considered slavery a moral but not a political issue, and abhorred the temperance movement. When not torturing himself with guilt for being an artist or for leaving his wife and children in order to preach, he produced some masterpiecesnotably The Peaceable Kingdom, whose 50 or so variants dramatize Isaiah's biblical prophecies. Fifty color plates and 100 halftones show Hicks's folk renditions of William Penn, Noah's ark, David and Jonathan, along with his pastoral landscapes. Record # 605822

Abbeville Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscription on first title page otherwise very good.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oblong quarto, 276 pp., color & b/w plates, notes & sources, bib., genealogy, index. American artist through the first half of the 19th Century known for his "Peaceable Kingdoms.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Abbeville Pr. A pristine, unread copy; one small, red, remainder mark at bottom edge of text block only. DJ in mylar cover. . Fine+. Cloth. 1985.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Cloth binding, 26 cm, 276 pp. Ills.: color illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0896595706. .