I am a lifelong fan of illustrated books and magazines and passed many pleasant hours collecting books and sharing information and images with fellow collectors and dealers. I was especially interested in the "Golden Age of Illustration" between 1875-1925. I was a strong collector of Edmund Dulac illustrated books, and was able to photograph the complete collection of his American Weekly illustrations from the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art owned by Bill Blackbeard. The collection is now housed at The Ohio State University in the Billy Ireland Comic Art Museum. These 'American Weekly' illustrations have rarely appeared in print since their publication, and this is the first complete edition.
This eBook is intended to make more of Edmund Dulac's beautiful watercolors and illustrations available in a digital edition for everyone to enjoy. The publishing business has changed considerably over the last 30 years and by taking advantage of digital technology I hope to publish many of his famous and lesser known illustrations in the coming months.
If you have suggestions for future Dulac titles or own original artwork you would like to have included in future editions please contact me. I am looking forward to working with other Dulac fans and collectors.
The restored collection of all 106 American Weekly front covers is available as "The American Weekly Covers of Edmund Dulac- 100th Anniversary Edition" as both an eBook and paperback. A fully restored crop of each illustration is available in the series of six smaller books, also published as an eBook or paperback. These are grouped by themes, and includes the original newspaper caption or story, when available. Some original Dulac artwork and sketches are also included.
As I wind down editions of Dulac's 'American Weekly' artwork, I'll be publishing more of other Golden Age Illustrators. "Arabian Nights Illustrated" is my first book including fifty other illustrators who illustrated editions of the 1001 nights in English language editions between 1800-1950. The illustrations follow the history of printing images in books, from the earliest copper engravings through woodblocks and the development of color printing through photoproduction.
If anyone is wondering if I am the same author of "The Sport Band System", indeed I am. Unfortunately, the Sport Bands are no longer being produced. After writing this instruction manual I spent my last years in the training profession at UCSF in the Dept. of Neurology. There I had the privilege of working with medical professionals and patients developing physical training rehabilitation programs for MS, stroke, PD, SCI and other neurological related maladies. I retired in 2008 and now I am enjoying my "Golden Years" working with the Dulac eBooks project.
