OLD SAINT JO: GATEWAY TO THE WEST, 1799- 1932

Logan, Sheridan (John Falter Illustrator)

Published by John SUBLETT LOGAN FOUNDATION: St. Joe MO, 1979

Very good book in like jacket. First edition, no later printings indicated. Scarce. A tight clean book with former owner name and date penned on upper front fly and a name on pasted paper below name also on front fly. Jacket has moderate wear to edges and will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. From the From Wikipedia: Portraits and book covers. Although best known for his Saturday Evening Post covers, Falter also provided illustrations for numerous other publications, including Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, McCall's, Life Magazine and Look. [7]Falter was a prolific artist who depicted a wide range of subject matter in a variety of media. As television eliminated many national magazines in the 1950s and 1960s, Falter turned to portrait painting and book illustration. He illustrated over 40 books, and one of his favorite projects was illustrating a special edition of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln - The Prairie Years. Other favorite book projects included Houghton-Mifflin's Mark Twain series and illustrations for The Scarlet Pimpernel. His stepson, Jay Wiley, posed for a book Falter illustrated, Me 'n Steve. A final favorite was humorist Corey Ford's The Horse of a Different Color. Falter produced a body of work impressive in volume and variety of subject. Reflecting a lifelong interest in jazz, he did scenes of Harlem nightclub life in the 1930s, and later on, portraits of famous jazz musicians. An excellent portrait painter, Falter had Clark Gable, James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Admiral "Bull" Halsey among his sitters. ; 8vo; 466 pages. Seller Inventory # 17369

Bibliographic Details

Title: OLD SAINT JO: GATEWAY TO THE WEST, 1799- 1932
Publisher: John SUBLETT LOGAN FOUNDATION: St. Joe MO
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.