Marquart Marguerite (2 results)

(1931); Good Plus/no dj, quarto, 80pp., light green card-stock large softcover, top corner margins of first few pages creased, small gouge bottom edge of rear cover with short tears extending into margins of last two pages, binding tight, cheap paper in text is somewhat browning, b&w ill's & designs every page throughout, binding tight.

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in wraps. Rubbing, scuffing and edge wear to covers. Slight creasing at corners. Mark in pencil on back cover. Interior is evenly toned. Text is unmarked. 78 pages, illustrated throughout. Small 4to. 11"h x 7 1/2"w. Laid-in vintage paper apparatus, with circle cut paper attached via string to an outer square piece. "World Book Company: The House of Applied Knowledge. Established 1905 by Caspar W. Hodgson. Pride in craftsmanship leads to mastery of skills. The child makes a picture of whatever strikes his fancy. When he would make this drawing interpret his impressions more accurately, he looks to the knowledge developed by those who have worked before him. Everyone who would make effective use of graphic representation will sooner or later feel the need of principles that have been developed in interpreting in two dimensions what was seen in three. It is the hope of authors and publisher that Circle and Squares will lead the student to an understanding of these principles and a mastery of the techniques by which drawing can be made an effective means of self-expression.".