Author: AULT, PHIL
Title: This Is the Desert the Story of America's Arid Region
Description: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has noticeable toning to the spine and top edge of the front panel. There are a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with one small triangular chip from the top rear panel. The dust jacket front flap has a small inked price from a previous owner. "Leonard Everett Fisher (born June 24, 1924) is an American artist best known for illustrating children's books. Since 1955 he has illustrated about 250 books for younger readers including about 88 that he also wrote. Fisher was born in the Bronx borough of New York City in 1924. Raised in the Sea Gate section of Brooklyn, he began his formal art training with his Brooklyn-born father, Benjamin M. Fisher, a designer of naval vessels, who contributed to the construction of Simon Lake submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and such US Navy fighting ships as the USS Arizona, USS Honolulu, and the USS North Carolina" -- all designed, built, and commissioned at the Brooklyn, New York Navy Yard (1913-1937).". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Western Americana
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Title: This Is the Desert the Story of America's Arid Region
Description: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has noticeable toning to the spine and top edge of the front panel. There are a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with one small triangular chip from the top rear panel. The dust jacket front flap has a small inked price from a previous owner. "Leonard Everett Fisher (born June 24, 1924) is an American artist best known for illustrating children's books. Since 1955 he has illustrated about 250 books for younger readers including about 88 that he also wrote. Fisher was born in the Bronx borough of New York City in 1924. Raised in the Sea Gate section of Brooklyn, he began his formal art training with his Brooklyn-born father, Benjamin M. Fisher, a designer of naval vessels, who contributed to the construction of Simon Lake submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and such US Navy fighting ships as the USS Arizona, USS Honolulu, and the USS North Carolina" -- all designed, built, and commissioned at the Brooklyn, New York Navy Yard (1913-1937).". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Western Americana
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 35253
- Book number: 35253
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