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Part 5 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #5 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s As we complete our look at New York City books from 80+ years ago, some of these dust jackets incorporate photography into … Continue reading
Part 4 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #4 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s Continuing our look at the those great New York City books from 80 years ago, here are more great dust jacket covers. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, New York
Tagged Algonquin Hotel, Art Deco, Artist, Author, Biographies, Book Cover Art, Book Review, Dust Jacket, Otto Soglow, Publishing, The New Yorker
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Part 3 Even More Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #3 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s We continue with our look at vintage books about New York City with great dust jackets. (click here to read part 1 … Continue reading
Part 2 More Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #2 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s We continue our look at some great New York City books from the 1920′s and 1930′s with exceptional artwork on their dust … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, New York
Tagged Art Deco, Artist, Author, Book Cover Art, Book Review, Dust Jacket, New York Herald, New York Times, Publishing, Waldorf-Astoria
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Part 1 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #1 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s From the 1920′s until the 1940′s, book publishers put out some phenomenal books about New York. They also hired talented artists to … Continue reading
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Tagged Algonquin Hotel, Art Deco, Artist, Author, Biographies, Book Cover Art, Book Review, Dust Jacket, Harpo Marx, Otto Soglow, Publishing, The New Yorker
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Helen Keller And Al Smith 1929
New York State Commission For The Blind Christmas Fundraiser 1929 This news photograph reads: Helen Keller “Sees” And “Hears” Al Smith — World Famous Blind Deaf-Mute Meets Ex-Governor For First Time At Sale Benefiting The Blind New York City – … Continue reading
Posted in History, Movies, New York, Photography
Tagged 1929, Academy Award, Al Smith, Anne Bancroft, Author, Entertainment, Helen Keller, The Miracle Worker
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Book Review: A Penny From Heaven
A Penny From Heaven by Max Winkler (Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc 1951) Anyone suffering through the trepidation of an uncertain job market and being out of work with no savings, would find comfort and inspiration by reading Max Winkler’s, 1951 autobiography and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Music
Tagged Author, Autobiography, Book Review, Immigration, Sheet Music, Silent Movies
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Literary Man Of Mystery
Who Is This Man? At my local library there is a used book store. Sometimes they get unusual items donated. This is one of them. It is a framed, large format photograph of apparently someone famous from the literary world. … Continue reading
Books, Self-Publishing & Publicity
This is satire, right? The Future of Self-Publishing As It Relates To Doing Freelance Book Publicity. Maybe you should reconsider writing that book and self-publishing it. Enjoy.
You Are Creative And You Are Wasting Your Life
The Most Important Piece Of Career Advice You Will Ever Read Forget all those best-selling, life affirming books which “reveal” valuable lessons that you should follow to have a happy life or a lucrative career. Linds Redding, an award winning … Continue reading →