Scarce. Vintage, 1979. Norman Rockwell's Scrap Book For A Young Boy with Verse selling by George Mendoza. Published by Abbeville Press.
Scarce. Vintage, 1979. Norman Rockwell's Scrap Book For A Young Boy with Verse by George Mendoza. Published by Abbeville Press.
This deluxe binder edition consists of two oversized softcover books, 'Norman Rockwell's Scrap Book for a Young Boy' and 'My Scrap Book'.
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over almost five decades.
George Mendoza (1934-2018) was an American poet and author. He was recognized by President Reagan for 'Norman Rockwell's Patriotic Times' – full-color reproductions of Rockwell's well-loved portraits of America's most patriotic moments accompanied by speeches, essays, poetry and prose excerpts, in a celebration of American values and aspirations.
THE BINDER
• Size: 9" x 11 1/2" x 1"
• White gloss cloth over boards with color illustration on the front panel.
• White gloss strap with locking buckle on the fore-edge. PLEASE NOTE: I do not have the key; but, the book will not lock.
• Metal and plastic carrying handle on the spine.
• There is a full pocket on the inside of both the front and back panels where the back cover of each of the books slide in for storage.
• Condition:
~ Moderate wear with a few mark selling on the front and back panels. Heavier wear and staining on the turnarounds. Heavy wear and bumping to the corners. No writing. No signs of previous ownership.
BOOKS
'Norman Rockwell's Scrap Book for a Young Boy'
• Softcover. White panels with Rockwell art on the cover panel.
• Size: 8 1/2" x 11" x 1/4"
• 60 pages.
• 55 beautiful full-color illustrations of Rockwell's art (includes frontispiece and title page).
• Verse by George Mendoza.
• Condition:
~ Light edge wear to the front and back panels. Light tanning on the cover and back panels (more so around the edges). Light cracking at the turnarounds. Tight binding. Very clean. No writing. No signs of previous ownership.
Norman Rockwell's Scrap Book for a Young Boy
• Softcover. White panels with silver lettering and double border on the cover panel.
• Size: 8 1/2" x 11" x 5/8"
• 74 pages.
• The first 20 pages include:
~ Suggestions On How To Use Your Scrapbook
~ Some Facts About Sports, Geography, Natural History and Miscellaneous Facts (space to add your own facts).
~ Names, Address and Phone Numbers
~ How to Become A Boy Scout and The Official Boy Scout Handbook
• The remaining 54 pages are 9 pages each of six different sheets of construction paper (to add photos, etc.).
• Condition:
~ Light edge wear to the front and back panels. Light cracking at the turnarounds. There is a crease at the bottom of the back panel (see photo 8, bottom center image). Moderate tanning on the edges of the front and back panels, on the interior pockets, on the interior pages and on the construction paper. There are several small green ink spots on the back of the first page; some have bleed though to the first page (see photo 9, top images). Light cracking at the turnarounds. Tight binding. Very clean. No writing. No signs of previous ownership.