1907 1st ed Dream of Fair Women Harrison Fisher Girl Illustrated Color Poetry
Harrison Fisher, the “Historian of American Beauty,” was an American illustrator whose works regularly appeared on the cover of ‘Cosmopolitan’ Magazine in the early 1900s.
“At the top of the heap stands Harrison Fisher, creator of the Fisher Girl and most popular of all Americans who ply brush and pencil for reproduction. By reason of his industry and because of the uniform soundness of his drawings and color sense, he is the acknowledged master of the pretty girl picture” (Cosmopolitan).
This first edition of the book ‘A Dream of Fair Women’ is filled with romantic full-color illustrations of the “Fisher Girl” type. The illustrations are inspired from the text of famous poems decorated in Art Nouveau style by E. Stetson Crawford. A fine piece!
1907 1st ed Dream of Fair Women Harrison Fisher Girl Illustrated Color Poetry
Harrison Fisher, the “Historian of American Beauty,” was an American illustrator whose works regularly appeared on the cover of ‘Cosmopolitan’ Magazine in the early 1900s.
“At the top of the heap stands Harrison Fisher, creator of the Fisher Girl and most popular of all Americans who ply brush and pencil for reproduction. By reason of his industry and because of the uniform soundness of his drawings and color sense, he is the acknowledged master of the pretty girl picture” (Cosmopolitan).
This first edition of the book ‘A Dream of Fair Women’ is filled with romantic full-color illustrations of the “Fisher Girl” type. The illustrations are inspired from the text of famous poems decorated in Art Nouveau style by E. Stetson Crawford. A fine piece!
Item number: #13376
Price: $399
FISHER, Harrison
A dream of fair women,
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [©1907] First Edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete
- 96 unnumbered pages
- 21 color plates
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
- Decorative cloth
- Size: ~10in X 7in (25cm x 17.5cm)
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13376
Category
Literature
Authors
FISHER, Harrison
Printing Date
20th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete