The Art of Jack Davis! [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING] Harrison, Hank [Fine] [Hardcover]

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Fine unread condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Introduction; Foreword; Author Dedication; Biographical References consisting of: Articles and Interviews and Jack Davis Career Time Line. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white cartoon drawings. The upper left front jacket edge has a repaired 1/2 inch closed tear. All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the binding/spine is in exceedingly tight and square unread condition (see photographs). ""I have been a collector of Davis' work for 25 years, and admired his unique style since my father first brought home a copy of Homer and Jethro's album 'Life Can Be Miserable'. That was about 1960, and I was 8 years old. Over the years my personal collection grew and grew. I kept hoping to find a book that covered Jack Davis' career, but I never found it. In 1984, therefore, I decided to take on the task of chronicaling Davis' work myself, confident the great majority of his works resided in my own filing cabinets. How wrong I was. In talking with dozens of collectors and art dealers, advertising directors, his contemporaries, and ultimately Davis himself, I found my work had only just begun. Two years of additional research followed, checking and cross-checking, aided by Davis along the way. I did not set out to make this book a complete listing of every illustration Jack Davis has done to date; that would require a volume the size of the Manhattan phone book. I have, however, tried to cover every major facet of Davis' career and answer some of the many questions that have been asked over the years. We happily await comments and additions from all quarters on how we can update this volume. - Hank Harrison, from the Introduction.