Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The Illustrated Modern Library

All Books are Beautifully Designed and Boxed and
Stamped in 24-Carat Genuine Gold

Never before have America’s great artists collaborated with America’s
best designers and typographers to produce at this incredibly low price,
books that rank with the most expensive limited editions in design,
typography and caliber of illustrations.

No two books alike. Each is a creation in itself, interpreting in its format
and in its illustrations the spirit of the text. All books are profusely
illustrated in color with paintings, drawings, lithographs or woodcuts.

Come in and see them today. Or you may order by mail or telephone.

The First Five Books:

HOLY BIBLE
(King James Version)
Illustrated by Fritz Kredel
[photo of Kredel]

HISTORY OF TOM JONES
Henry Fielding
Illustrated by Warren Chappell
[photo of Chappell]

BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Illustrated by William Sharp
[photo of Sharp]

WISDOM OF CONFUCIUS
Edited by Lin Yutang
Illustrated by Jeanyee Wong
[photo of Wong]

PICKWICK PAPERS
Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Donald McKay
[photo of McKay]

(Click on image to enlarge)

Dallas Morning News, December 5, 1943


Timmes-Picayune, December 5, 1943


































































(Next post February 10: The Wisdom of Confucius)

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