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Second edititon. Dust jacket edges torn, page edges and panels foxed. 1987 Large Hardcover. 183 pp. 37 full-page color oil paintings and black & white drawings throughout text. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Eric Sloane (born Everard Jean Hinrichs) (27 February 1905 - 5 March 1985) was an American landscape painter and author of illustrated works of cultural history and folklore. He is considered a member of the Hudson River School of painting. Eric Sloane was born in New York City. As a child, he was a neighbor of noted sign painter and type designer Frederick W. Goudy. Sloane studied art and lettering with Goudy. While he attended the Art Students League of New York City, he changed his name because George Luks and John French Sloan suggested that young students should paint under an assumed name so that early inferior works would not be attached to them. He took the name Eric from the middle letters of America and Sloane from his mentor's name. In the summer of 1925, Sloane ran away from home, working his way across the country as a sign painter, creating advertisements for everything from Red Man Tobacco to Bull Durham. Unique hand calligraphy and lettering became a characteristic of his illustrated books. Sloane eventually returned to New York and settled in the Merryall area of New Milford, Connecticut, where he began painting rustic landscapes in the tradition of the Hudson River School. In the 1950s, he began spending part of the year in Taos, New Mexico, where he painted western landscapes and particularly luminous depictions of the desert sky. In his career as a painter, he produced over 15,000 works. His fascination with the sky and weather led to commissions to paint works for the U.S. Air Force and the production of a number of illustrated works on meteorology and weather forecasting. Sloane is even credited with creating the first televised weather reporting network, by arranging for local farmers to call in reports to a New England broadcasting station. Sloane also had a great interest in New England folk culture, Colonial daily life, and Americana. He wrote and illustrated scores of Colonial era books on tools, architecture, farming techniques, folklore, and rural wisdom. Every book included detailed illustrations, hand lettered titles, and his characteristic folksy wit and observations. He developed an impressive collection of historic tools which became the nucleus of the collection in the Sloane-Stanley Tool Museum in Kent, Connecticut. Sloane died in New York in 1985, while walking down the street to a luncheon held in his honor. This celebration marked the publication of his memoir Eighty: An American Souvenir. Sloane's best known books are A Reverence for Wood, which examines the history and tools of woodworking, as well as the philosophy of the woodworker; The Cracker Barrel, which is a compendium of folk wit and wisdom; and Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake-1805, based on a diary he discovered at a local library book sale. His most famous painted work is probably the skyscape mural, Earth Flight Environment, which is still on display in the Independence Avenue Lobby in the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.

This item is in overall acceptable condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have heavy wear including creases, bends, edge wear, curled corners or minor tears as well as stickers or sticker-residue. Pages are intact but may have minor curls, bends or moderate to considerable highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have heavy wear. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. A well-read copy overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!

Like new hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. Oblong. Illustrated. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 184 pages.

Illustrated by the author. A reprint edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Gallery Books 1987-08-01 00:00:00 Binding: Hardcover

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DJ has been placed in a protective cover. Due to size, shipping price may increase. Book and DJ have light edge wear. There are two stickers on the first free page from previous owner. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Ivory cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil, oblong format. Minor tanning along cover edges, otherwise about as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows minor surface rubbing and a few light scratches to rear panel, slight rubbing to spine extremities, now in mylar.

Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...

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Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

New York NY: Gallery Books. 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. 0831749717 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 187 pages .

Slight scratching/scuffing on dust jacket. Bbinding is tight no interior marks.

New York: Gallery Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-worn dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 184 pages; Description: 184 p. Illus. Subjects: Eric Sloane - illustrations - paintings - signs - America.

Ex-library copy. Large book so no priority orders please. art.

Illustrated by the author. A reprint edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...

Ivory cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil, oblong format. Minor tanning along cover edges, otherwise about as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows minor surface rubbing and a few light scratches to rear panel, slight rubbing to spine extremities, now in mylar.

Smithmark Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sloane, Eric. White cloth over boards. Clean and bright. DJ has minor shelf wear. In Gaylord cover.

New York: Gallery Books, 1987. Book. Illus. by Sloane, Eric. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong 4to. New York: Gallery, 1987. First edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth binding, 187 pp. Previous gift inscription, else fine. Very good in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Gallery, 1987. First edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth binding, 187 pp. Previous gift inscription, else fine. Very good in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.