White Collar. by Patri, Giacomo

Celestial Arts, 1975. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

California, USA: Celestial Arts, 1975. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Giacomo Patri. First Printing thus. A reprint of the 1939 classic with a new introduction by the artist/author. Also contains the afterword by John L. Lewis and Rockwell Kent's introduction to the 1939 publication. There is very minimal wear to the covers but shows some age toning and slight soiling The pages have no marks/writing.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

U.s.a.: Celestial Arts, 1975

This is an original 1940 softbound book that tells the story of the great progressive labor movement in interesting artsy linocuts. The covers are both detached and the spine is gone. The rest book is being held together well by the stapled binding. The pages are sunned/tan at the edges. The title page has some smudges. (C1)

1940. Softcover. Good/No jacket. long case. Inscribed by Patri to fellow artist Edith Heath, founder of Heath Ceramics. Water damaged. Includes a new jacket.

San Francisco, CA: Pisani Printing & Publishing Co, 1940. Third Edition. Paperback. Very good minus. Quarto [27.5 cm] in stiff black card wrappers with spine title and cover illustration printed in grey. Black and orange illustrations. Includes the afterword by John L. Lewis. The wraps are pulled away from the staple binding at the joints (wraps still holding tightly to the text block however). The front wrap has several small abraded areas. The preliminary leaves are lightly foxed. The illustrations are very bold, with sharp contrasts. This edition, preceded by the two hand-made editions, is the third and final iteration of Patri's original vision. A classic from the Great Depression and one of the finest examples of a 'wordless novel'. This work consists of 122 linocuts similar in style to the work of Frans Masereel or early Lynd Ward. Patri was inspired by the stock market crash of 1929 to create something that would help to unify (and unionize) the working classes. He began work on White Collar… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Pisani Printing & Publishing Co, 1940. Third Edition. Paperback. Very good minus. Quarto [27.5 cm] in stiff black card wrappers with spine title and cover illustration printed in gray. Black and orange illustrations. Includes the afterword by John L. Lewis. The text block has pulled away from the staple binding at the rear joint (however it is still holding tightly to the front wrap). The wraps have roughly a dozen minor areas of abrasion. There are insignificant moisture stains to the top edges of the preliminary pages, and there is a small piece of tape to the recto of the rear endpaper. The illustrations are very bold, with sharp contrasts. This edition, preceded by the two hand-made editions, is the third and final iteration of Patri's original vision. A classic from the Great Depression and one of the finest examples of a 'wordless novel'. This work consists of 122 linocuts similar in style to the work of Frans Masereel or early Lynd Ward. Patri was inspired by the stock… Read More