Fairy Tales of the Orient

Pearl S. Buck
Simon and Schuster, 1965
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(Next post February 22: Studio Handbook)

The Calligrapher’s Engagement Calendar 1983

Pentalic Book, Taplinger Publishing Company
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(Next post February 18: Fairy Tales of the Orient)

The Wisdom of Confucius

Edited by Lin Yutang
Illustrated Modern Library, 1943
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Interiors

July 1945

page 98: Cooper Union seems particularly proud of a former Chinese student, Jean Yee Wong, who had graduated in fine arts and studied lettering and calligraphy. Within a year of graduation she designed and illustrated the Modern Library book, The Wisdom of Confuscius [sic], as well as a number of other books.

(Updated June 19, 2023; next post February 14: The Calligrapher’s Engagement Calendar 1983)

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]

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Dallas Morning News, December 5, 1943

Timmes-Picayune, December 5, 1943

(Next post February 10: The Wisdom of Confucius)

Chinese Thought

H.G. Creel
Mentor Book, 1960
First printing (left), sixth printing (right)
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(Next post February 6: The Illustrated Modern Library)