Black & White by Brown; Simplified Drawing (signed)
New York: Scribner's, 1939. Brown, Paul. First edition (A). Hardcover (printed boards). [64]p, many ills. by Brown. Fwd. by fellow illustrator Milton C. Weiler. Without the jacket, but complete with the two pages of human anatomical shapes for cutting out and positioning with brads to make mannikins. Signed by Brown. Bookplate of Frederic C. Thomas. Very good (endpapers foxed). Item #31400
Brown presents his tracing-paper overlay method of revising sketches of horses, dogs, and humans in action, along with other useful advice for amateur artists young or old. Former owner Thomas, a well-known jump rider of his day, was a three-time winner of the Meadow Brook Hunt Cup (1924, 1925, 1933).
Price: $95.00