Rockwell and the Saturday Evening Post: Volume One 1916-1928 [FIRST EDITION] Rockwell, Norman [Fine] [Hardcover]

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Fine unread condition heavy and oversized (folio, 14 inches tall) faux cream leather boards with gold front cover lettering and illustration with gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Preliminary Page Dedication; List of Four S Productions Inc. Board of Directors, etc.; Preliminary Page entitled ""The Saturday Evening Post by Starkey Flythe, Jr.; and Acknowledgments. Profusely illustrated with over 200 color illustrated plates. A one inch repaired closed tear at the lower front jacket edge (see photographs). The jacket is otherwise in fine condition. All pages are in very fine unmarked condition and the binding/spine is in exceptionally tight and square unread condition (see photographs). ""The Saturday Evening Post -- Norman Rockwell. The two names have become synonymous! The Saturday Evening Post, one of America's premier publications, was established in 1728 at The Pennsylvania Gazette. The Post subsequently became a major part of the American way of life, a large part of its success directly attributable to its artists and illustrators. Several years ago, The Post disappeared from the newstand. However, after a brief ""retirement"" the Post is back and thankfully it is doing what it has always done best -- telling the story of America now! It is widely agreed that the Post's foremost illustrator was Norman Rockwell. Rockwell painted over 2000 original works, but it is through his exposure in The Saturday Evening Post that he became an American Favoirte. This book is the culmination of a dream. A dream of a group of men, all of whom share a common love for the man who has so proficiently written American history with a paintbrush. Share now the memories, the laughter, and occasionally even a tinge of sadness as you look back at yourself through the eyes of Norman Rockwell, painting for The Saturday Evening Post. -- Marshal L. Stolz, Museum Curator, Norman Rockwell Museum, Curtis Building, 6th and Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."" -- excerpt from the inner front jacket flap.