Albert Seligman

I am a lifelong fan of illustrated books and magazines and passed many pleasant hours collecting books and sharing information and images with fellow collectors and dealers. I was especially interested in the "Golden Age of Illustration" between 1875-1925. I was a strong collector of Edmund Dulac illustrated books, and was able to photograph the complete collection of his 'American Weekly' magazine illustrations from the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art owned by Bill Blackbeard. 'The American Weekly' was the Sunday supplement for the WR Hearst newspaper chain, and boasted over 50 million readers in over 20 major markets. The complete collection of 106 illustrations is now housed at The Ohio State University in the Billy Ireland Comic Art Museum. These 'American Weekly' illustrations have rarely appeared in print since their publication, and this is the first complete edition.

These print editions and eBooks are intended to make more of Edmund Dulac's beautiful watercolors and illustrations available for everyone to enjoy. The publishing business has changed considerably over the last 30 years and by taking advantage of digital technology I have been able to publish many of his famous and lesser known illustrations in my editions.

The restored collection of all 106 American Weekly front covers is available as "The American Weekly Covers of Edmund Dulac- 100th Anniversary Edition" as both an eBook and paperback. A fully restored crop of each illustration is available in the series of six smaller books, also published as an eBook or paperback. These are grouped by themes, and includes the original newspaper caption or story, when available. Some original Dulac artwork and sketches are also included.

The final publication of the series is "Edmund Dulac His American Weekly Collection" written with an introduction by Ann Hughey, who wrote the bibliography of Dulac's book illustrations. This features the illustrations cropped and fully restored, with the original newspaper captions. All of the final series 'Tales from the Arabian Nights' from 1951 stories are also included.

As I wind down editions of Dulac's 'American Weekly' artwork, I'll be publishing more of other Golden Age Illustrators. "Arabian Nights Illustrated" is my first book of the series including fifty other illustrators who illustrated editions of the 1001 nights in English language editions between 1800-1950. The illustrations follow the history of printing images in books, from the earliest copper engravings through woodblocks and the development of color printing through photoproduction. I published six more Arabian Nights books, all with illustrations by Victorian and Golden Age artists and illustrators. All are available as both paperbacks and eBooks.

If anyone is wondering if I am the same author of "The Sport Band System", indeed I am. Unfortunately, the Sport Bands are no longer being produced. After writing this instruction manual I spent my last years in the training profession at UCSF in the Dept. of Neurology. There I had the privilege of working with medical professionals and patients developing physical training rehabilitation programs for MS, stroke, PD, SCI and other neurological related maladies. I retired in 2008 and now I am enjoying my "Golden Years" working with the Dulac eBooks project.