After unsuccessful attempts at many careers, H. O. "Cowboy" Kelly had little to show except a rich store of memories of an America fast disappearing then and gone today. He translated those memories into paintings of the pleasures and toil of a rural society. The details of Kelly's life are in sharp contrast with his nostalgic paintings, but an irrepressible optimism and humor highlight both the paintings and William Johnson's chronicle of Kelly's life. The result is a charming presentation of nineteenth-century romantic ...
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After unsuccessful attempts at many careers, H. O. "Cowboy" Kelly had little to show except a rich store of memories of an America fast disappearing then and gone today. He translated those memories into paintings of the pleasures and toil of a rural society. The details of Kelly's life are in sharp contrast with his nostalgic paintings, but an irrepressible optimism and humor highlight both the paintings and William Johnson's chronicle of Kelly's life. The result is a charming presentation of nineteenth-century romantic who by accident of fate made himself a niche as artist in twentieth-century America.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. jacket has stains at flaps and edges, jacket in plastic cover; copy has library markings, tape residue on endpapers, faded text blocks, pages faded; text and binding fine. 263 p. illus. 22 cm.
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Illustrated Throughout. Near Fine. Very Good+ Dustjacket. Previous Owner Signature. 8 x 9" A solid copy; dustjacket has 1" chip missing bottom of back cover; ----------SATISFACTION GUARANTEED---------FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE------ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR-----
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Very Good in Good jacket. Book 8 vo. 263 pp. Foreword Tom Lea, color illustrated end papers, tan cloth. History of natural painter, sud horse & jack man by choice, artist by necessity. Top cover lightly sunned, very good; dust jacket sunned, light soil, good.
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Very good in fair dust jacket. The dust jacket has several large tears and has been taped. The book has a slight amount of shelf wear. 263 p. illus. 22 cm.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very Good in Acceptable jacket. The biography of a great natural painter, H.O. Kelly. > SIGNED by Author. > INSCRIBED by Author. Book is in Very Good+ condition. Dust Jacket Acceptable, edge and cover wear/soil. Spine is darkened. Small area where paper is peeled on spine.