Illustrating children's books : history, technique, production / Henry C. Pitz.
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New York :
Watson-Guptill Publications,
[1963]
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Table of Contents:
- PART I. History
- Pictures for childhood
- The earlier books
- England after 1800
- Europe from 1800 on
- America: the earlier years
- Howard Pyle and the Brandywine tradition
- The American accent
- Toward the present
- Matters ponderable and imponderable
- PART II. Technique and production
- The illustrator in the children's world. The picturebook age ; Learning to read ; The most important reading age ; Towards adulthood ; Observing children
- The structure of the book. The book jacket ; The casing ; The end papers ; The front matter ; The body of the book
- Typography and book design
- Methods of reproduction. Relief ; Intaglio ; Planographic
- Preparing pictures for reproduction. Bleeds ; Sizes in reproduction ; Drawing for the line cut ; Color separations for line reproduction ; Halftone effects in line ; Drawing for halftone
- PART III. Professional practice
- Handling an assignment
- Getting work. Portfolio presentation
- The field today.