Dover Publications

Fifty full-page puzzles encourage kids to tell time, solve crosswords, connect the dots, count fanciful objects, and figure out other challenges. They're a great way to discover that numbers, counting, and math are interesting and fun! Includes helpful solutions.

This comprehensive volume contains all the essentials for creating ads with a retro look and feel. Drawn from typographic sourcebooks as well as sign-painting manuals of the early 20th century, the contents include a wealth of borders, frames, images, and typographic elements for re-creating authentic styles of the 1890s-1920s.

More experienced colorists and admirers of Pierre-Auguste Renoir will love these magnificent re-creations of the master's works. Thirty sensuous scenes of beautiful women, flowers, and atmospheric landscapes include On the Terrace, Woman with a Fan, Luncheon of the Boating Party, and Girls at the Piano. Illustrations are printed on only one side of perforated pages.

Express your creativity with 30 meticulously rendered black-and-white drawings of van Gogh masterpieces. Bring alive skillful adaptations of Sunflowers, Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, The Church at Auvers, and many more. The illustrations are printed on only one side of perforated pages, making it easy for artists to remove and display their finished pieces.

Whether you choose your own colors or re-create the originals, here are 30 unforgettable paintings by the greatest Impressionists. Includes Mary Cassatt's Mother Combing Her Child's Hair, Renoir's At the Concert, and 28 other reproductions of works by Monet, van Gogh, Gauguin, Manet, Pissarro, Morisot, Cezanne, and more great artists. Illustrations are printed on one side of perforated pages for easy removal.

This anthology of entertaining tales features the works of early American authors such as Benjamin Franklin and stories by 20th-century writers, including Dorothy Parker, Langston Hughes, and James Thurber. Additional contributors include Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, James Branch Cabell, and others.

Beautifully drawn embellishments, selected from authentic 19th-century sources. Presented in an array of artistic styles — Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco — the graphics come in varied shapes and sizes and are frequently enhanced with plants, animals, and mythical and human figures. 312 black-and-white illustrations.

Entire contents of rare, Victorian-era sourcebook include 768 black-and-white monograms and related images, with designs for two-letter combinations — some simple, some intricate, others fanciful and formal. An abundant source of inspiration and unusual styles for artists, designers, craftworkers, typographers, printers, and publishers.

Twelve postcard reproductions of episodes from the childhood classic range from John Tenniel's familiar illustrations, which appeared in the original edition of 1865, to images from 1907 versions by Arthur Rackham and Charles Robinson and subsequent interpretations by Mabel Lucie Attwell (1910), Charles Folkard (1921), Milo Winter (1934), and other artists.

Toulouse-Lautrec, Cheret, and Mucha are among the artists whose works appear in 12 color postcards. Ads from the great age of poster art promote nightclubs, chocolate, soap, and other products and services.

A colorful postcard gallery presents a dozen immortal scenes from the works of the English language's greatest playwright. Vignettes include Juliet on the balcony, mad Ophelia wreathed in flowers, and images inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, and other plays.

An expert instructor demonstrates the geometric structure of feline bodies with a simple series of boxes and lines. Suitable for artists at all levels, this guide examines the unique features of domestic cats, lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, and other cats. Its 59 step-by-step lessons combine descriptive text with more than 400 detailed illustrations.

Classic 1901 guide to cutting ladies' tailor-made clothing includes patterns and detailed instructions for creating over 60 garments and parts of wearing apparel: leg-o-mutton sleeves, broad collars, military cape, knickerbockers, bloomers, opera cloak, riding breeches, and much more. The perfect reference for recreating vintage clothing for costume parties and theatrical productions.

Student's edition of Letarouilly's five-volume work brings Renaissance Rome's architectural splendors within the grasp of students and other readers. Includes plans, elevations, and details of buildings and monuments designed by Michelangelo, Peruzzi, Vignola, Bernini, others.

This retrospective brings together the finest work of the most important American book illustrator of the 1920s and 30s, gathering black-and-white pieces from not only important novels, but magazines and advertisements.

Harrison Fisher's portraits of healthy, poised, active, and confident women set the standard of American Beauty in the early 20th century — and he enjoyed a celebrity status that was unparalled for an illustrator. This original publication compiles his very best black-and-white and color illustrations for Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening Post, assorted books, and other publications.

Nostalgic poster images evoke a world of romance, glamour, and adventure. Twelve colorful postcards in a variety of early-20th-century styles offer appealing invitations to vacation at the New York World's Fair of 1939, Atlantic City, the beaches of California and the Mediterranean, Italy, France, and other exciting locales.

A campy redefinition of Victorian style, steampunk fashion blends elements of technology and romance. These 12 color postcards, created from authentic 19th-century graphics, abound in distinctive combinations of human and machine imagery. Original collages portray top-hatted gents and corseted ladies adrift in a sea of cogs, levers, and steam-powered machinery.

In 1920, a well-known illustrator compiled hundreds of his preliminary studies of costumed models, photographed them, and produced two portfolios. The result is a revealing look into an expert's technique and, according to The New York Times, offer an opportunity to know a competent illustrator in his moments of preparation.

James Gurney's magnificent sequel to the bestselling Dinotopia returns in an anniversary hardcover edition. The World Beneath follows an intrepid band of Dinotopians — members of a society in which humans and animals peacefully coexist — as they explore a mysterious island. More than 160 full-color illustrations enhance this gripping adventure, in addition to a new Afterword and special behind-the-scenes studies.

Originally published in the early Victorian era, this decorative tour de force marks the shift of popular taste from Neoclassicism, foreshadowing the development of Art Nouveau. An eclectic assembly of forty-seven engraved plates includes examples of Japanese and Hindustani styles as well as designs dating from the Gothic, Renaissance, and Elizabethan eras. Elaborate full-page illustrations abound in highly ornamented walls, doorways, staircases, and urns, all featuring curves that extend beyond mere circular patterns into increasingly complex ornaments. This is the only edition currently in print of a hard-to-find sourcebook. Professional and amateur designers and graphic artists will appreciate the versatility of its illustrations.

An expert artist re-creates details from 31 historic mosaics in this magnificent coloring book. In addition to the works of Antoni Gaudi from Barcelona's Park Guell, the collection features ancient Roman and Islamic mosaics. Sources include synagogues, Christian basilicas, and mosques in Tunis, Ravenna, Venice, Jerusalem, and elsewhere. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only.

Three short stories from the great Russian writer, including the title story, in which a thieving vagrant takes on a young, unwilling apprentice; Twenty-six Men and A Girl, widely regarded as Gorky's best short story, which describes how a wretched crew of bakery workers destroy their only source of joy; and the ill-fated romance, Makar Chudra.

This original collection gathers the finest woodcuts of one of the most creative and prolific English artists of the early 20th century. Ranging from the religious to the erotic, featured designs include well-known images inspired by The Song of Songs, The Canterbury Tales, and the four Gospels. A feast for the eyes and an important and accessible reference.