Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3385489 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 212 pages

Customer Reviews

A seminal and invaluable contribution to the history of publishing
One of the most influential illustrators and book designers of the 20th century was a woman. Jessie M. King (1875-1949) received her training in Glasgow, Scotland and during the fifty years of her professional career she designed and illustrated more than 250 books, 100 greeting cards, distinctive bookplates, and a diversity of publishing ephemera. In "A Guide To The Printed Work Of Jessie M. King ", Colin White has compiled, identified, annotated, classified, and catalogues every known example of her often breathtakingly beautiful, museum quality work. Enhanced with an informed and informative discussion of King's work for the German publisher Globus by Dr. A. D. Portno, "A Guide To The Printed Work Of Jessie M. King" also features commentary on King's designs for the Routledge series of children's classics. Profusely and impressively illustrated throughout, an accompanying CD-Rom contains a considerable amount of her work, illustrated in full color, and with every significantly representative item presented with each illustration being numbered according to the corresponding entry in the book's text. A strongly recommended addition for academic library collections, "A Guide To The Printed Work Of Jessie M. King" is a seminal and invaluable contribution to the history of publishing and fully showcases a most remarkable woman whose enduringly beautiful work reflects the Arts & Crafts movement of her era.