John steel illustrator (9 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Pacific Press Publishing Association, Published 1967. Paperback, v, 121 pp.; 22 cm; A Destiny Book D-114. Cover illustration by John Steel. In Good condition. Pictorial covers with a painting of a Japanese sentry before a carved temple gate on front and a Shanghai street scene with rickshaw and porter on rear; bumping and creasing to edges and corners, mild to moderate overall shelf and edge wear, some color loss along edges and spine, some mild toning and scuffing. Light creasing to spine, binding tight. Previous owner's name in ink on inside front cover, with slight ink transfer to title page; diagonal crease at lower corner of inside front cover. Light soiling to edges of text block and mild toning to pages; small nicks to fore-edge of a few leaves (pp. 60-61, 64); otherwise unmarked. True account of Seventh-day Adventist missionaries John and Olga Oss, who sailed for China in 1919. John headed the publishing work in Manchuria and later became editor in chief of the Chinese Signs of the Times in Shanghai, while Olga raised funds for a clinic for the city's poor. After Pearl Harbor the Japanese interned them at the Chapei Civilian Assembly Center outside Shanghai, where they spent thirty-one months; the book covers camp rations, Red Cross parcels, a wedding among the internees and the end of the war, then their return to Shanghai in 1947. Cover illustration by John Steel (1921-1998), the California illustrator known for Revell and Monogram model-kit box art and for religious illustration for Pacific Press. Contents: Whose Shall These Riches Be?; The Bombs Fall, December 8, 1941; The Escape; A Coffin and the Twenty-third Psalm; The Enemy Hatchet Strikes; The Silver Opium Box; Prisoners in a Japanese War Camp; Early Days at Camp; Please, Commandant, Just a Week's Honeymoon; John Oss Leaves Camp; Worms and Woes; War News Leaks Out; Starvation Threatens; Food Falls From Heaven; The War Ends; Angel of Death Gets Cheated; God Is Not Dead.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Pacific Press Publishing Association, Published 1968. Paperback, 120 pp.; 22 cm; Panda Book P-112; illustrated with black-and-white drawings by John Steel and photographs. In Good condition. Pictorial covers with John Steel's painting of a Hitler Youth flag-bearer before Hitler, a Messerschmitt and massed troops on front, and a montage of a diving Stuka, Panzer tank and saluting officer on rear; bumping and creasing to edges and corners, mild to moderate shelf and edge wear, some mild color loss along edges. 3/4-inch scuffed patch at top corner of rear cover where a thin layer of color has rubbed off; some color loss to top corner of front cover where a price sticker was removed. Mild creasing to spine. Binding tight. Mild soiling to edges of text block; pages clean and unmarked. As-told-to memoir of Eric Kreye's boyhood in the village of Unsen, near Hameln in Lower Saxony, written with Adventist author Norma R. Youngberg. Kreye grows up in the Jungvolk and Hitler Youth, torn between the movement and a father who had lived in Michigan and despised the regime. His father is drafted into Gestapo training, American tanks reach the village, and after the war Eric emigrates to the United States and becomes a Seventh-day Adventist. Ends with period photographs of the Kreye family, Unsen and the old school at Holtensen. The cover and full-page illustrations are by John Steel (1921-1998), the California illustrator who also painted Revell and Monogram model-kit box art and illustrated Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories for Pacific Press.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in publisher's clear plastic jacket, the latter chipped on spine ends. Prior owner's rubber stamp on flyleaf. Published by Dolomitic Refractories Association, Cleveland, Ohio.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used, very good. "B" printing, 25c cover, published by Simon & Schuster,1958. Slight wear on tips of corners and edges, light rubbing on front cover, a little heavier on rear cover, pages a little tanned, clean and unmarked. **We are a small family business with over 30 years experience providing fine new and pre-owned books online. You can expect professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging.…

Leather Bound. Condizione: Fair. Fair+ Leather covered. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1833 EDITION. Pages unmarked. With foxing. Covers show heavy edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Acceptable condition. Missing title page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, with image of urn on front in gilt. All edges gilt. Wear/tear to head/tail of spine. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair condition. Volume 1 of 2. Front board missing. Back board detached but present. Spine loose. Consists of 50 fables with an steel-engraved plate for each fable. nine of the engravings are by William Blake. Pages are basically clean with little fading and light finger prints towards edges of just a few pages. Extremely rare volume considering the 9 Blake engravings are in very good condition. Blake, William (9 steel-engraved plates) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1832 printing. Bound in full leather. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Markings on preliminary pages. Some page tears. Gutters weakened. 608 pages, [17] leaves : illustrations ; 24 cm.