Here are some recent purchases related to illustration!
Fanny Palmer: The life and works of a Currier & Ives artist
Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib
Your Black Friend and Other StrangersIf you browse the general collection in the following sections, you'll likely run across some useful and interesting books related to illustration:
3rd Floor:
NC – Drawing. Design. Illustration
NC 730-758 – Technique
NC 950-996 – Illustration
NC 1300-1766 – Pictorial humor, caricature, etc.
NC 1800-1850 – Posters
NC 1860-1896 – Greeting cards, postcards, invitations, book jackets, etc.
PN – Literature (General)
PN 6700-6790 – Comic books, strips, etc.
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