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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL SCRAPBOOK of 1930s MAGAZINE ART in a custom-made box, 11"x14.5", housing (27) leaves of magazine illustrations from the golden era of American magazine illustrations and scrapbook-making. The cut-outs are clean, brightly colored, upbeat and a good representation of 20th century illustration art. Magazine illustrators include: Alan Foster-- a prolific illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post & Colliers, known for his droll humor and sports pics. Robert Fawcett-- who did story illustrations and full-page ads, appearing in The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Holiday and Cosmopolitan. George de Zayas-- a Mexican caricature artist, was best known for work that appeared in Collier's, Harper's Bazaar, and the magazine section of the New York Herald Tribune. Anthony Fraioli. Robert O Reid-- for about 3 years, Reid made amusing, cartoonish illustrations which appeared on Collier's magazine covers and inside as story illustrations, as well as advertisements. Before and after that blaze of professional glory, little of Reid can be readily found. Jorj Harris-- whose work appeared in national magazines as covers, cartoons, illustrations and national advertising campaigns. Gaspano "Gus" Ricca- whose artwork was seen in The New Yorker (1928), Liberty (1933), Time (1934), Collier's (1935), before he pivoted to pulps & comic books. All original (27) disbound leaves were repaired with contemporaneous material; along with the original boards are housed in a custom-made box, 11"x14.5".