Published in conjunction with the 2013 exhibit at Pepperdine University. Out of print.

Illustrating Modern Life reproduces 75 works from one of the most fascinating periods in American art: the Golden Age of American Illustration between 1880 and 1930.

The book contains 75 color plates plus 8 full-page color details. 75 works by 31 artists including McCleland Barclay, W. Benda, J. C. Coll, Dean Cornwell (7), Harvey Dunn (6), C. D. Gibson, John Held, J. C. Leyendecker (7), Maxfield Parrish, Howard Pyle (4), Norman Rockwell, Mead Schaeffer (4), Saul Tepper (2), and N. C. Wyeth (5).

This hard-cover, 112-page exhibition catalog features an essay on the art by Michael Zakian, short biographies for each of the artists, as well as an interview with Kelly by David Apatoff (author of Robert Fawcett: The Illustrator's Illustrator; Albert Dorne, Master Illustrator; The Life and Art of Bernie Fuchs; and the popular blog Illustration Art).