Golden Age Illustrators

 
Patricia Janis Broder, Dean Cornwell, Broder, Patricia Janis, Cornwell, Dean, From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Very Fine in Fine dustjacket, Collectors Press, Portland, OR, 2000, 1st thus, 10.75 inches, 11.75 inches, 240 pages, 63 color plates, 236 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

From the dustjacket: Dean Cornwell, in his magazine and book illustrations, posters, calendar art, and advertising art recaptured decade by decade the...

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Walt Reed, Joseph Clement Coll, Reed, Walt, Coll, Joseph Clement, #728 of 750 numbered copies signed by the compiler, Walt Reed, Near Fine in Very Fine dustjacket (light staining to the page edges otherwise very sharp and Fine), Donald M. Grant, Westport, CT, 1978, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.8 inches, 176 pages, over 250 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, leather, English

This is the hardcover edition limited to 750 copies and signed by the legendary illustration historian Walt Reed. The classic 1978 monograph on this...

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Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures
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Beverly J. Cox, Denna Jones Anderson, Miguel Covarrubias, Cox, Denna Jones Anderson, Beverly J., Covarrubias, Miguel, From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear to dustjacket), Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, 1985, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 164 pages, 15 color and 90 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Covarrubias (1904-1957) was the premiere caricaturist in the U.S. in the period between the suicide of Ralph Barton and the rise of Al Hirschfeld. This...

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Susan A. Hobbs, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Hobbs, Susan A., Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear to the edges of the dustjacket), Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1996, 1st, 1560986239, 11.25 inches, 9.25 inches, xvi, 224 pages, over 150 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Released simultaneously in soft and hardcover, this hardcover edition is quite scarce. Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) was "best known for paintings of...

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More Drawings by Heinrich Kley
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Heinrich Kley, Kley, Heinrich, Very Good+ (mild thumbdents to the covers, light wear, corners sharp, binding strong, internally sound), New York, Dover, 1962, 10.7 inches, 7.9 inches, iv, 104 pages, 158 illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

Out of print. A selection of all of the drawings from two Kley art books published in Germany: Leut' und Viecher (1912) and Sammel-Album (1923) except...

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Ellen Wardwell Lee, William McGregor Paxton, Lee, Ellen Wardwell, Paxton, William McGregor, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (all four corners lightly bumped, dustjacket edges mildly worn), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1979, 1st, 11.25 inches, 10 inches, 165 pages, 53 color plates and over 38 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

The only major monograph devoted to this marvelous Boston school artist. Paxton was a student of Gerome and specialized in lush portraits of beautiful...

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Michael Tierney, Tierney, Michael, Very Fine books in Very Fine dustjackets in Very Fine slipcase, Little Rock, AR, Chenault & Gray Publishing, 2023, 1st, 978-1-952379-51-2, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 1600 pages, Over 7000 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A bit garish in its design, nevertheless an amazing compilation. A comprehensive illustrated history of Robert E. Howard's publications in pulps, books and...


N. C. Wyeth
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Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth, Jennings, Kate F., Wyeth, N. C., Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket (large closed tear along the dustjacket spine, other light wear), Crescent, New York, 1992, 2nd, 14.75 inches, 10.75 inches, 112 pages, 84 color and 10 black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A fine introduction to golden age illustrator Newell Convers Wyeth (1884-1945) with 84 largely full-page color plates and a biography with 10 black &...

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The Art of Franz Wacik
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Dan Zimmer, Franz Wacik, Zimmer, Dan, Wacik, Franz, Print run of 900 copies, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, Decatur, IL, Illustrated Press, 2023, 1st, 9781735895741, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 224 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This spectacular new book explores the work of Austrian artist Franz Wacik, whose breathtaking and imaginative illustrations were featured in the satire...

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The Complete Book of Caricature
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Bob Staake, Staake, Bob, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light wear to the covers), Cinncinnati, OH, North Light, 1991, 5th, 0891343679, 10 inches, 7.75 inches, x, 134 pages, over 200 black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

An excellent instruction book and survey with caricatures and comments from 40 caricaturists, including: Hirschfeld, Levine, Sorel, Risko, Witte, Gersten,...

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Heinrich Kley, Kley, Heinrich, Very Good+ (small bump to the lower corner, mild wear, flat, tight, clean), Dover, New York, 1962, 1st, 10.75 inches, 7.75 inches, iv, 104 pages, 158 illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: A collection of all of the drawings from Leut' und Viecher (1912) and Sammel-Album (1912) that do not appear in Dover's Drawings of...

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Kent Steine, Frederic Taraba, J. C. Leyendecker, Steine, Frederic Taraba, Kent, Leyendecker, J. C., Near Fine (mild rubbing to the top inch-and-a-half of the edge of the front cover, light wear, very flat, tight, clean), Collector's Press, Portland, OR, 1996, 1st, 14 inches, 11 inches, 48 pages, 16 full-page and 17 smaller color plates, 1 photo, softcover, wraps, English

A poster book featuring excellent 16 full-page reproductions from the original paintings and 17 smaller color illustrations. With a long...

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