Road Bigger Things (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Staple-bound. No library or owners' marks. Pages are clean. Pages are still stapled together but have become separated from the cover. Many, many illustrations. Scattered light water spotting. See our photos.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 63 p. 26 cm. 10 colour and numerous b&w illustrations. Stapled paper covers. Light creasing and soiling. As Taught by the Master Course Containing Instruction and Illustrations by over One Hundred of the World's Greatest Illustrators and Cartoonists.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 47 Pp. Large Illustrated Booklet About Cartooning And Cartoonists. Well Illustrated With Photographs And Cartoons. An Unusually Early Edition (1919). Worldcat Shows 4 Institutional Holdings Of The 1934 Edition, This 1919 Edition Is Scarce.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. This 7.375 x 10.0 inch, 67 page softcover book is the 1933 printing of this title, which was printed earlier with variation. This softcover copy is in very good condition with the stapled wraps still securely affixed to the text pages. The wrappers do show definite signs of handling and time-wear with a bit of corner creasing and wear-dimpling along the spine. The covers portray a large picture of an artist sitting in contemplation and the title is in black-and-white. The interior text is in about very good condition with corner-wear showing and with a water stain to the upper right corners of the text pages which still show a modest rippled after-effect. Beyond that this is an interesting publication featuring numerous color and black-and-white illustrations and art work by numerous artists and with numerous photographs showing the work environment of artists and illustrators of that time. The text pages contain an extensive narrative accompanying the illustrations providing information on the opportunities for artists in the field with one chapter titled ?Remarkable Opportunities for Women in the Field of Illustrating.? 67 pages.

Tall 8vo. 63, [1] pp. Numerous colour plates, colour illustrations, comic strips, black & white photos, text illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers, minor creasing, edgewear (rubbing to spine, faint mustiness), still G- copy. Early printing of this promotional catalogue extolling the virtues and advantages of becoming an illustrator, with contributions in the course from Norman Rockwell, Charles M. Russell, Charles Sykes, Frank Wing, Charles Livingston Bull, and others.

Soft cover. Pictorial wraps, quarto, 48 pages, illustrated. Covers and edges soiled, 2 corners bumped. Overall good. Numerous photos and bios of prominent American cartoonists, illustrators of the time including Clair Briggs, Windsor McCay, John McCutcheon.

64 pp. An interesting catalogue for an artists' school which promoted cartooning and related illustrating for its students. 6 pages in bright vibrant color which demonstrate the work of students or instructors at the school.

Wraps. Stapled. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). Selling a pipe dream? Or a plausible career path for more than just a few, back when a far greater portion of advertising relied on drawn and/or painted illustration as opposed to photography? The promotion, whatever the merits of its pitch, is abundantly illustrated, with a good amount of color, showing examples of artwork from leading illustrators of the day -- generally names unfamiliar to us, but more than competent professional work, whether commercial art in a wide variety of areas, including fashion, decor, services, etc. -- cartoon, journalistic, etc. Also many photos of the artists, the school, artists at work. 4to. 25.5 by 18.5 cm. 66, [2] pp. Moderate wear, with flattened creases, minor surface loss on cover, some light scattered soiling, a loose gathering. Still easily Very Good.