Art Genre
Books in the Art genre:
Tales Told In Holland (1926)
A collection of stories, poems and pictures from Holland.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Fun and Fantasy (1927)
A collection of illustrations from Punch.Verses by E. V. Knox.
Author(s):
E. V. Knox
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Animals of the Bible a Picture Book (1937)
Selections from the Bible with illustrations of the animals described.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Helen Dean Fish
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Christmas: An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art Volume Seven (1937)
Pictures and stories centered around Christmas. Includes ‘How Christmas Came to Blueberry Corners’ by Lois Lenski.
Author(s):
Selma Lagerlöf
Lois Lenski
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Et al
Christmas: An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art Volume Nine (1939)
A collection of Christmas art, stories, songs and poems. Includes The Pink China Bonbon Dish by Lois Lenski.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Et al
The House of a Hundred Windows (1945)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert de Veyrac
Et al
Billy’s Picture (1948)
All the animals want to help Billy bunny draw his picture.
Read online at Internet Archive.
500 Years of Art in Illustration (1949)
Howard Simon explores methods, techniques, and examples of the great illustrators from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century.
Author(s):
Howard Simon
Illustrator(s):
Wanda Gág
Sculpture Principles and Practice (1949)
Practical instruction for the budding sculptor.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Albert’s Zoo a Stencil Book (1951)
Author(s):
Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Masterpieces of Victorian Photography 1840-1900 (1951)
Catalog of an exhibition of photographs. Cover by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Philip James
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Handbook of Type and Illustration (1956)
A technical book including an article by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
John Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Et al
A Stickful of Nonpareil (1956)
A keepsake from Cambridge University Press, intended to give an idea of turn-of-the-twentieth-century printing.
Author(s):
George Scurfield
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Drawn from Memory (1957)
Author(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The First Book of Drawing (1958)
A primer for the budding artist on drawing.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Lois Lenski: Friend of Children (1958)
A brief review of the work of Lois Lenski put out by her publishers.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)
The Book of the Dance (1959)
A history of dance.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Agnes de Mille
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Photographs
Colors (1959)
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Look at Houses (1959)
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
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