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Poèmes de Ronsard by composer Francis Poulenc , Couverture spécialment desinée pour l’auteur par Pablo Picasso

Danger Hands “In” Could Mean Hands “Off”

From the Saturday Evening Post’s March/April 1973 cover story on the artist Robert Charles Howe.

Edward Gorey cover for What Maisie Knew by Henry James 

An advertisement for the Meier and Frank department store of Portland, OR.  This appeared in the March 1926 edition of The Spectrum, a publication by the students of Jefferson High School.

German calendar for 1950

Beowulf the Geat sails toward Heorot— illustration by Bill Pesce

Now is the Time to Love by John M. Drescher, designer, and year unknown

Bookplate found in a 1947 book.

The Denver Bar Coloring book, c. 1991

Leo Lionni cover for Stories by Katherine Mansfield. date unknown

How to Overcome Discouragement By J. Martin Kohe 1977 Designer/illustrator unknown

Mid Century Coca Cola Santas from the back covers of December issues of The National Geographic.

In the early sixties, Charles M. Schultz published a number of small, square books featuring a drawing and a facing caption. (The most famous of which is probably the book Happiness is a Warm Puppy).  These spreads are from Christmas is Together Time which runs the gamut from heart-warming, to humorous complaining, to existential dread.