Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American People (1942) Harry Peters HC Good

Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1942. Large cloth bound illustrated hardcover of Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American People by Harry Peters.

Peters chronicles the history and massive commercial output of the prolific nineteenth-century lithography firm that documented American life and landscape.

Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives founded the most successful and prolific American printmaking firm of the 19th century. Based in New York City, their company operated from 1835 to 1907, producing more than 7,500 different titles and millions of individual prints.

Good condition. No dust jacket. Covers soiled. Interior pages clean and crisp. Solid book with shelf wear.