{"product_id":"portrait-of-an-era-as-drawn-by-c-d-gibson-1936-first-printing-74757","title":"Portrait of an Era As Drawn by C. D. Gibson (1936) First Printing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA great book, full of illustrations. Scarce in dustjacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The illustrations alone would make 'Portrait of an Era' a pleasant entertainment for older readers susceptible to nostalgia for the days of shirtwaists and hard sailor hats and pyrography and tableauxs vivants, for younger readers with a taste for social history, and for anybody who has the capacity to enjoy the almost lost art of pen-and-ink drawing.\" (The Saturday Review of Literature).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA profusely illustrated biography of this hugely popular turn of the century illustrator whose cartoons influenced a generation of American society. Gibson was one of the first superstar illustrators. Gibson's name recognition was the equivalent of Charles Schulz \u0026amp; Peanuts for our generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGibson was comfortably retired from illustration when this biography was written in 1936, three decades removed from the height of Gibson's popularity. The turn-of-the-century world he depicted—separated by a world war, the jazz age, stock market crash, and depression—may have seemed unimaginable to the young people, but still fondly remembered by nostalgic seniors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e228 black \u0026amp; white illustrations, many full-page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Scribner's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53485588742442,"sku":"74757","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/2879\/4922\/files\/A950DD36-7A9C-437C-AD1D-38F95E6E7B69.jpg?v=1794102325","url":"https:\/\/stuartngbooks.com\/products\/portrait-of-an-era-as-drawn-by-c-d-gibson-1936-first-printing-74757","provider":"Stuart Ng Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}