A fantastic document for many reasons: a portrait of the illustration industry circa 1952, an instructional book, and the only monograph on this mid-century illustrator.

"Our purpose in presenting the life story of Hy Rubin, to date, together with his own description of his working methods, is not only to teach methods of drawing and painting pictures for story illustration, but to inspire the earnest student of art... This is one of a series of Master Artist Texts especially prepared by present day Master Artists in the field of cover designing, magazine and advertising illustration."

Rubin was an artist doing story illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Redbook, American Magazine, and others.

This book opens with a "Biography of Hy Rubin" followed by "My Method of Working" with seven step-by-step demonstrations and other examples.

This copy includes two letters that were sent with the book.