1980s Illustrated Quarto, Larry Pointer's Harry Jackson, Signed by the Artist - 1 Book

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[Jackson, Harry] Pointer, Larry and Donald Goddard. Harry Jackson.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1981, first edition, Jackson … Read more [Jackson, Harry] Pointer, Larry and Donald Goddard. Harry Jackson.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1981, first edition, Jackson inscribed on half-title page, "For Bill Clark - and the good old 5th Phib -- friend Harry Jackson - 1981".
4to; 308 pp. Brown cloth, text interspersed with 397 illustrations, including 104 full-color plates. Glossy multi-color illustrated dust jacket, surface handling wear. Book and jacket design by Leslie Stevenson Fry and Linda Diane Schifano. Fine in a near fine-very good + dust jacket. $200.

Provenance: Bill Clark.
Harry Jackson (1924-2011) was assigned as a sketch artist to the V Amphibious Corps, Marine Corps at 18. (Grimes). Dwight D. Eisenhower presented the Presidential Unit Citation to the 4th Marine Division consisting of: ...V Amphibious Corps... (Chapin, 36).

Resource(s):
Chapin, John C. 1st Lt. USMCR. The 4th Marine Division in World War II. Washington D.C.: US Government Printing Office. 1945.
Grimes, William. Harry Jackson, Artist Who Captured the West, Dies at 87. New York: NY Times. 4/28/2011.
Samuels, Peggy & Harold. Contemporary Western Artists. Washington D.C.: Judd’s Inc. 1982. See less