Kingman Lee Edited (4 results)

Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket : fine / very good minus. Jacket in new mylar protector; spine toned/stained. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

tan & gilt illustrated full cloth hardcover ~ 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 8"x11"). large book. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. couple of 1" tears, rubbing at spine top & bottom, minor wrinkling & edge nicks, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (nap). frontis. illustration. xvii+153p. 47 full color illustrations, some full page. 55 b&w illustrations. bibliography. index. approximately 53 contributors. art history. art books. biography. literary history. ~ "Apart from the knowledge and proper use of the artist's equipment," writes Leonard Weisgard in his article "Influences and Applications" included in this volume, "it is my job [as an illustrator] to implement communication, to enhance the word, to extend, provoke, possibly simplify a learning experience that must be pleasurable . to involve the reader as viewer, sharer, fellow explorer; to dramatize space, integrate the illustration with space and type . and to prepare properly the artwork for the mechanical steps of reproducing the illustrations . " . In THE ILLUSTRATOR'S NOTEBOOK artists discuss their philosophy and standards of illustration, the history of illustration, its place in the arts, its place as a means of communication today, and their own experiences with various illustration techniques ~ such as collage, lithography, woodcut, scratchboard, cardboard cuts, crowquill pen, and several ways of preparing color illustration by preseparated art. In its exploration of the illustrator's concerns, this volume is multi~purpose. It is intended for artists who need knowledge of the development and history of illustration, particularly in the children's book field; for those with fine arts training who need to discover the scope of technical or commercial illustration problems; for those with technical or commercial training who need to respond to a fine arts approach; and for authors, teachers, students, and librarians who are interested in" children's book illustration in general. As the title implies, the form is that of notes or excerpts from longer articles which appeared in The Horn Book Magazine, including articles from "The Artist at Work" series and the "Artist's Choice" series. The editor, Lee Kingman, a graduate of Smith College and a former children's book editor for Houghton Millin, edited Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1956~1965; Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1966~1975; and Illustrators of Children's Books 1957~1966. She has also written twenty~five books for children and young people. With 47 illustrations in color and 55 illustrations in black~and~white. The jacket drawing by Lynd Ward is of the colophon he made for "The Artist at Work" series.

Hardcover. First Edition. VG+ in DJ with closed tears lower front, tape repaired interior; Essays by Lynd Ward, Barbara Cooney, Weisbard, Eichenberg, Chappell. Notes about artists and their works; First; Tan cloth; 4to; DJ.

FIRST EDITION 1978, 4th volume in the series (Volume 1 started with 1744-1945). 4to, 275 x 215 mm, 11 x 8½ inches, green cloth gilt, index, 290 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Essays on European Picture Books (Brian Alderson); the Japanese Picture Book (Momoko Ishii and Teiji Seta); book illustration; and the illustrated book. Most of the artists under consideration in the first essay by Walter Lorraine are American. Plus biographies and bibliographies of the artists and authors. At rear is a cumulative index to biographies and bibliographies in all 4 volumes. No inscriptions, a Fine clean copy in near Fine clean DUSTWRAPPER, no printed price on flaps, minute closed tear to edge of lower panel, spine slightly faded, lettering bright. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which will need extra postage.