Foster Bess Eleanor (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fully illustrated oin color and black & white with art instruction projects for students. Covers and spine are hevily worn and first/title page is wrinkledd, chipped and tape-repaired. Interior is clean and unmarked. Book measures approximately 15' x 11". Black covers with screw/bolt binding. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. this large book measures 15" x 8.5". the book is bound like a loose leaf with screws holding the pages together. the pages are unnumbered ( 39 ). most of the pages are devoted to projects for the book owner. approximately half have nicely colored by an artist to show the child how the project could look. the former owner had written her name and date on top of title page. The bottom of title page has some wear repaired with acid-free tape. The covers are tight. Both have wear and some soil. The front being more so. The front cover has a paste down of children and their projects: a model plane, assembling a house, and painting on an easel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A delightful oblong folio, with stabbed (two screws) binding; intended for grade school teachers and their students in the early 1930s. Jessie M. Todd, who was associated with the Chautauqua movement, had a hand in some of the illustrations, and there is a hint of Arts and Crafts in many of the plates. The top board has been treated with a little black shoe polish to hide some stubborn spots.There are a few small stains on the illustrated pastedown on the front board. A good example of art education techniques in the late 1920s and later. Contact me if you want it to be shipped outside of the U.S; extra shipping charges will be required. Thank you.…

Hard Cover. Condition: good. oblong quarto. (10 1/2" x 15 1/2") Color pictorial paste-on to front cover. With full page black and white and color illustrations in an art deco bold style. Some soiling to cover. A bit of soiling at bottom edges of first few pages. An art instruction book from the 1930's taught in Elemental Public Schools.…