The Little Gift Book (First Edition)

Fisher, Harrison

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1913

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, first printing. Decorative hardcover with a lovely full color cameo of a woman looking at herself in a mirror. Spine is missing with the webbing visible. Front board soiled and worn at edges. Front board attached by webbing only.Title page with blue decorative border. Printed photos and signature of the artist facing the copyright page. Unpaginated. 32 vibrant full color plates of lovely women in various poses & attitudes. Overall a binding copy, internally the pages are in EXCELLENT condition. Harrison Fisher "The Father of a Thousand Girls", was an American commercial artist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City but spent most of his youth in San Francisco until he turned 21 years old. He then moved back to New York where he began his highly successful career as a magazine illustrator. His illustrations appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine from the early 1900s through 1934. Harrison Fisher never married, but his secretary, Kate Clemens, was also his lifetime partner. During World War One Harrison Fisher showed his patriotism by illustrating posters for the US government, free of charge. In one newspaper article he was quoted as lamenting that he drew women almost exclusively, but that is what the market demanded. "The American Girl has found no more facile pencil than that wielded by Mr. Harrison Fisher. He has succeeded in creating a beautiful type distinctly his own." ~ Ladies' Home Journal, 1910 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Little Gift Book (First Edition)
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1913
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Poor
• Book Type: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Y2Y
  • Illustrated