Portrait of America de Rivera, Diego (with explanatory text by Bertram D.Wolfe) - 1935

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1935. Cloth. G to Vg. Bound in buff canvas-style cloth, no dw, pictur on title page showing aeroplane manufacture, 55 b/w plates of mural paintings, 232pp. Tiny brown spots on front board.

New York: Covici Friede. Very Good-. 1937. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Second printing. Beige cloth boards, age toned, head of spine chip and rip, else sharp cornered. No dust jacket. Book is firm in binding, b&w plate illustrations of section close ups of Rivera's murals, inscription to front free endpage. Bookplate on front paste down page. Murals illustrated are the Stock Exchange mural and the School of Fine Arts mural in San Francisco, MoMa's Exhibition Frescoes, Rockefeller Center's mural, Institute of Fine Arts in Detroit, and the New Workers' School murals in New York. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages .

Covici, Friede, Inc., 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. With full page b/w art by Diego Rivera. Presumed First with no later printings noted. Pages free of marks and foxing. Page signature in front has exposed threads, but holding fine. Covers are sturdy but with staining and fading. Missing jacket. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca Library. .

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 60 b&w reproductions of the artist's visions of past, present and future America. Pale red tint to top edge. A spot of foxing to a couple of pages. Small green bookseller label on rear paste-down. Previous owner's label on front fep. 231 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Poor. Price clipped. Foxin to covers and verso. Sunning to spine. Open tears. Edge-wear. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with red lettering. Discolouration to the cloth.

New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Signed by Diego Rivera at the top of the front blank. This from the collection of his Mexico City contemporary Jose de la Macorra, Jr. who was president (from 1897 to 1936) of the San Rafael Paper Company (Compania Fabricas De Papel De San Rafael) headquartered in the federal district. Macorra's business card is laid in and had been attached with a paperclip that became rusty over the decades, leaving a little mark. Touch of light spotting to the front blank, drop or two of coffee on back bottom edge, otherwise tight and clean. A lovely copy of a book that rarely appears signed. Jose de la Macorra was a major industrialist, apparently fluent in English, and authored a short history (in 1948) of paper-making in Mexico. On the back inner board is a period gold-foil bookseller tag for a shop that was located on Juarez Street, just across the Vivero Coyoac·n from Frida's Blue House. This copy was thus likely signed… Leer más

Covici-Friede, 1934-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Rivera signed on the flyleaf and again at the end of the introduction. 1934 Covici-Friede in titled cloth hardcover, no jacket. Illustrated.A31 Please email for photos.