Rip Van Winkle Cut-Out Pageant: Hand Painted Mock-Up by George Carlson
Item #048804
Carlson's project for a twenty or so year period from around 1913 to the 1930s - often with publisher John Martin - was creating participatory children's books: Riddles, puzzles, activities and other gimmicks, The earliest known book illustration that Carlson did was for Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Washington Irving’s Stories Retold by Mary Paterson, published in 1913. This somewhat later - likely around 1930 - mock up appears to be a marriage of his work as a book illustrator and the interactive work that he did with Martin for his magazine John Martin's Book (which ran from 1912-1933 and for which Carlson contributed around 50 covers and most of the puzzles and riddles.)
see: https://www.tcj.com/figuring-out-george-carlson-part-1/ Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 048804.
Price: $2,000.00