Eric Sloane’s America~Eric Sloane~1982~Special Edition~Leather Bound~Gilt Lettering and Page Edges~Fine Condition~Free Shipping

Eric Sloane’s America~Eric Sloane~1982~Leather Bound~Gilt Lettering and Page Edges~Fine Condition~Free Shipping.

This beautiful dark blue leather bound book is in fine condition. Tight binding. No markings or inscriptions. Gilt lettering and page edges. It includes three of Eric Sloane’s classic books- American barns & Covered Bridges/ Our Vanishing Landscape/ American Yesterday. Many illustrations. This would make a great collectible gift book! Thanks for your interest.

Eric Sloane (born Everard Jean Hinrichs) (27 February 1905 – 5 March 1985) was an American landscape painter, illustrator, and author of illustrated books on the cultural history and folklore of America.

Eric Sloane was born in New York. As a child, he was a neighbor of noted type designer Frederic W. Goudy. Sloane studied art and lettering with Goudy. In the summer of 1925, Sloane left home at the age of twenty to make a living for himself. Working his way across the country as a sign painter, he created advertisements for the likes of Red Man to Bull Durham. Unique hand calligraphy and lettering, developed during this period, later became a characteristic of his illustrated books.

He became friends with Andrew Wyeth, who was a fan of both his art and his writing. Wyeth said that he was amazed by Sloane’s “unorthodox painting methods for creating textures and lines” in his paintings, and called him “an Artistic Treasure of Americana.” - From Wikipedia

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