Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Cartoon Show, 1977 traveling exhibition of comic art

Booklet, 8 1/2" x 11", 32 pages, which accompanied THE CARTOON SHOW, a traveling exhibition of art by prominent American cartoonists, from the Jerome K. Muller collection. 1977.

Copyright © 1977 by the individual copyright holders.
































Thursday, November 7, 2013

Little Golden Book THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR 1953 J.P. Miller

John Parr Miller was an illustrator whose work was very influential, especially in the early 1950s, where it represented modern commercial art of its time. The drawings for this version of THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR are of their era, yet still fresh. Miller, born in 1913, died in 2004.

No author is listed for this book, which is a 1953 first printing, indicated by the letter "A" on the last page.

More Miller here.

Copyright  © 1953 Simon and Schuster


















Monday, November 4, 2013

Grand Ole Opry Souvenir Picture Program circa 1953

GRAND OLE OPRY SOUVENIR PICTURE PROGRAM was published circa 1953, and contains photographs of the stars of that venerable Nashville institution. You'll even see the autograph of Webb Pierce (1921-1991), among a couple of others.