Greg noll (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Tight clean book with plain white label placed over a name to front endpaper; in barely rubbed dust jacket; 10 X 0.90625 X 10 inches; 160 pages; A tribute to legendary big-wave surfer and master shaper Greg Noll (nicknamed "Da Bull") , celebrated for pioneering massive waves in Hawaii and innovating surfboard design from the 1950s onward. It blends biography, history, how-to guidance, and stunning visuals, making it a must-have for surfing enthusiasts, collectors, and history buffs. Key contents include: A biographical introduction to Greg Noll's life, from his early shaping in California to becoming one of the world's largest surfboard manufacturers by the mid-1960s. A concise history of surfboard evolution, from ancient Hawaiian designs to modern techniques (balsa, foam, fiberglass, and classic wooden boards). Step-by-step photo sequences with explanatory text on building different types of boards. A chronological gallery of Greg Noll surfboards (1950â"2005) , featuring high-quality photos, action shots, commentary from fellow surfers/shapers, and Noll's own insights on each era and design. Portraits of notable collectors and their prized Noll boards. (Grok).…

paperback. Condizione: As New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Near fine book in a near fine jacket with as new content.

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Oblong quarto mauve illus. heavy card boards, illus., 176pp, nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE (v. sl. fading to spine).

Pamphlet. First edition of Rick Griffin's first book. Signed by the publisher and famous big wave surfer Greg Noll. This precedes Griffin's work in Surfer magazine, and by several years anticipates his fame as one of the preeminent psychedelic poster artists of the '60s counterculture who participated in the famous Joint Show exhibition, and gained notoriety for the Hendrix "Flying Eyeball," and the Dead's "Aoxomoxoa" poster among many others. Although the cover states "by Greg Noll" because he published the book, the inside cover attributes layout, writings, and drawings to Rick Griffin. Greg Noll was a champion big wave surfer who founded a prosperous business making surf boards, producing films and several surfing publications, as well as writing his memoir Da Bull: Life Over the Edge. Noll's signature is smudged but entirely legible, else near fine. Desirable as both the first book by a master of psychedelic art, and a surfing item from the heyday when interest in the sport exploded. Rare, first copy we've seen and no copies on OCLC.…