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Description: JON O. BRUBAKER (1875-?) BOOK WEEK. 1925. 21 1/4x13 1/4 inches, 54x33 3/4 cm. Condition B+: minor creases and restoration in margins and image; sharp crease in central image; minor repaired tears at edges; repaired pin holes in corners. "In 1919, at the urging of Franklin K. Mathiews, librarian of the Boy Scouts of America, Book Week was introduced to focus attention on the need for quality children's books and the importance of childhood literacy" (http://www.cbcbooks.org/about/history.html). The poster for the first year, designed by Jessie Wilcox Smith, was reused through 1924, when the artist designed a second image. In 1925, Brubaker designed this image, which was also used in 1926. Brubaker also did work for the New York Central Lines. He was awarded the Art Directors Club gold medal for poster design for this image. Modern American 33, Book Week p. 5.

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I have a new book out! The Art and Life of Charles M. Schulz in 100 Objects

I have a new book out! The Art and Life of Charles M. Schulz in 100 Objects

Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects It’s hard to believe, but I had a book come out on November 1st! You can get it anywhere good books are sold, but if you buy it from the Charles M. Schulz Museum, it will be signed by none other than Jean Schulz! Working with Jeannie on the book was a very special experience. I get to work with her quite a bit developing…

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Book Review: -- The Pigeon Tunnel by John Le Carre 

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Great Openings by James Crumley

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The burning of the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986 was a much more complicated story than I had expected ....

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A Postage Stamp for Jason Polan (Click through to see more proposed desings)

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19 Antique Mechanical Pencil Sharpeners 

1) Stile Craft, St. Louis. Electro-Pointer, c. 1930, bakelite, early electric model, with container. - 2) Unmarked, book-shaped, electric. - 3) Japan. 2 x Eagle, c. 1960, in coffee-grinder form, with containers. - 4) Eberhard Faber, New York. Lakeside, c. 1910, without container. - 5) Chicago. Dandy, c. 1920, with container. - 6) Dietzgen, c. 1930, cast metal, with container. - 7) Boston. Graffco, c. 1930, without container. - 8) Chicago. Dexter No. 2, c. 1925, with container. - 9) Reading, USA. Star Lead Pencil Sharpener, c. 1905, with case. - 10) Woollens. J.B. Ellison & Son, c. 1910, cast metal. - 11) Hunt Pen Co., USA. Ever Handy, c. 1920, complete. - 12) Japan. Elm F, c. 1950. - 13) New York. US Automatic Pencil Sharpener, c. 1915, with container. - 14) New York. One Handy Pencil Sharpener, cast metal, c. 1905, with box. - 15) Boston. Eagle Turquoise 17, c. 1960. - 16) Japan. Empress, c. 1925. - 17) New York. Koh-I-Noor, c. 1918. - And: 18) USA. Perfect Pencil Pointer, c. 1895, wood. - In addition: Evalast Pencil Pointer, c. 1950, complete display card containing a dozen metal pencil sharpeners, framed.  

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Travis Typewriter, 1905 

Serial no. 4! Extremely rare American typewheel machine, 1896 patented by William H. Travis, produced for a short time only - approx. 6 months - by the Philadelphia Typewriter Co. - Literature: P. Lippman, "American Typewriters", p. 207. - A great rarity!  

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