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Illustrations for Childrens Book - Exhibition Poster - Offset - 1975
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset poster realized in occasion of the exhibition @Galleria Marino of illustrations for
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1970s Pop Art Vintage Book Illustrations

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Offset

Illustrations for Childrens Book - Exhibition Poster - Offset - 1975
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset poster realized in occasion of the exhibition @Galleria Marino of illustrations for
Category

1970s Pop Art Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Offset

Illustrations for Childrens Book - Exhibition Poster - Offset - 1975
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset poster realized in occasion of the exhibition @Galleria Marino of illustrations for
Category

1970s Pop Art Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Offset

Many Rivers to Cross, Paperback Book Cover Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover illustration for the book Many Rivers to
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1950s Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Oil, Board

Midcentury Original "Anne De Francony Galerie" Portrait Poster by Roland Oublot
Located in Miami, FL
produced engravings, murals, stage sets and book illustrations. He committed suicide in Paris on July 17
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper

Fortune Teller
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
was devoted to book illustration. Among his many successes were The Rubaiyat, The Kasidah, The
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20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Watercolor

Le Dur Désir de Durer -Rare Book Illustrated by Marc Chagall - 1950
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets
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1950s Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Orologi Da Polso Book, 771 Illustrations, 401 Pages, 1988
By Priula Verlucca, H. Kahlert, R. Muhe, G.L. Brunner
Located in Sacile, PN
Orologi Da Polso book Priula e Verlucchi edition 1988 771 illustrations, 401 pages.
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper

A Few Painted Feathers, Original Paperback Book Cover Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Paperback book cover illustration for A Few Painted Feathers by Stephen Longstreet, published by
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1960s Vintage Book Illustrations

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Queen Elizabeth
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Oriental artists and illuminated books, and much of his career was devoted to book illustration. Among
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20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

Eagles Where I Walk, Original Paperback Book Cover Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Paperback book cover illustration for Eagles Where I Walk by Stephen Longstreet, published by
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1960s Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Oil, Board

The boy 1/17. 1983. Paper, lithography, 39x51 cm
Located in Riga, LV
in graphics and book illustrations. In the etching technique, she found her own unique methods of
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Book Illustrations

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Paper, Lithograph

"Marc Chagall" Original Drawing Illustration Caricature William Saroyan book
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
"Marc Chagall" Original Drawing Illustration Caricature William Saroyan book This drawing was
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1970s American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Ink, Board

Ole Devil At San Jacinto, Paperback Book Cover Illustration
By Ron Lesser
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Paperback book cover illustration for Ole Devil at San Jacinto, published by Dell, 1991 “For the
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1990s Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Board, Oil

Barovier e Toso Book 184 Illustrations from 1866-1972
By Marina Barovier
Located in Sacile, PN
Barovier e Toso book by Marina Barovier 1993. 212 pages with 184 colored illustractions from
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1990s Italian Modern Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper

In Saaremaa. Paper, gouache, 37 x 51. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also affected the
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

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Paper, Gouache

Red abstraction. 1964-66, paper, gouache, 86x 61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Still life. 1972, paper, gouache, 44x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also affected the
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Red sun. 1969, gouache on paper, 59x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also affected the
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Ideologist. 1968, gouache on paper, 86x61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also affected the
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Mushrooms and mountains. 1968, paper, gouache, 83, 5 x 59, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
the Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstraction. 1966, paper, gouache, 44 x 32 cm
Located in Riga, LV
' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also affected the
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstraction 5. 1965, paper, gouache, 83, 5 x 59, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Ex Libris - Antoon Vermeylen - Woodcut - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Antwerp.Vermeylen produced dozens of prints, book illustrations and other small prints.
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20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Woodcut

Ex-Libris Aloys Vertongen - Woodcut by Antoon Vermeylen - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
dozens of prints, book illustrations and other small prints.
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Woodcut

Allagato
Located in San Francisco, CA
, cityscapes, still lifes, book illustrations, and fresques in churches in Italy. Guarnieri has had one man
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Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Offset

In memory of Louis Washkansky. 1960s, paper, gouache, 86x61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
the Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstraction 1. 1964, paper, gouache, 83 x 59, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstract with vase. 1965, paper, gouache, 79 x 59, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
the Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Landscape. 1966, paper, gouache, 49. 5 x 45. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent also
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstraction 3. 1972, paper, gouache, 55x35 cm
Located in Riga, LV
the Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to some extent
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Lysistrata, " Set of 61 Extraordinary Art Deco Prints for 1945 Edition by L hoir
Located in Philadelphia, PA
his book illustrations during the Art Deco period; he also designed a poster for Moulin Rouge in the
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper

Much Ado About Nothing, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illuminated books, and much of his career was devoted to book illustration. Among his many successes were The
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20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Winter s Tale, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
books, and much of his career was devoted to book illustration. Among his many successes were The
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1940s Other Art Style Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Holy Cats by Andy Warhol’s Mother.
Located in London, GB
provided the calligraphy to hundreds of her son’s album covers, advertisements and book illustrations. In
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1950s Pop Art Vintage Book Illustrations

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Lithograph

Vintage Poster Inter-Art-Gallery Exhibition - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Offset

Tales of the Arabian Nights with Flying Carpet - Random House Gustaf Tenggren
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
book illustration for Golden Tales of the Arabian Nights, page 19 "marked by the printer in pencil in
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1950s Art Deco Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Gouache

"Ciel" by Antoni Clavé, Blue, Sky, Abstract Print
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Köln, DE
to give up stage design and book illustration and from then on to devote himself exclusively to
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1970s Abstract Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Etching

Untitled by Antoni Clavé, Black, Blue, Yellow, Abstract
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Köln, DE
to give up stage design and book illustration and from then on to devote himself exclusively to
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1970s Abstract Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Servando V" by Antoni Clavé, Black, Blue, Abstract
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Köln, DE
up stage design and book illustration and from then on to devote himself exclusively to painting
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1970s Abstract Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Skeletons - Polish Art Master, Contemporary Surreal Drawing, XXI Century
By Franciszek Starowieyski
Located in Warsaw, PL
, as well as book illustration. He was a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI). Throughout
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1970s Surrealist Vintage Book Illustrations

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
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20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
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20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
Category

20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
Category

20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
Category

20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
Category

20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
Category

20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
Category

20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
Category

20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse: Colour Lithographs after the Cut-Outs, Framed Print, 1958
By Henri Matisse
Located in Richmond, GB
his time to exploring other forms of artistic expression, including drawing, book illustration and
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20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Ciruelo Cabral Illustration Original Art Front Cover For Book Of Dragon
Located in Long Island City, NY
CIRUELO CABRAL (Argentine, b. 1963) Original Front Cover Illustration for The Book of the Dragon
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20th Century Central American Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, A Deluxe Limited Edition, Signed by Rackham
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Alamo, CA
"The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, A Book of Old Favorites with New Illustrations" was published in
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Mid-20th Century English Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Paper

Nero s Temple On The Nile
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
was devoted to book illustration. Among his many successes were The Rubaiyat, The Kasidah, The
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1940s Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

"Windy Hill" Lawrence Beall Smith, Mid-Century Realist Scene, American Life
By Lawrence Beall Smith
Located in New York, NY
. After the war, Smith expanded his portfolio by taking on children's book illustration among his many
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1940s American Realist Vintage Book Illustrations

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Paper, Lithograph

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustration. Among his many successes were The Rubaiyat, The Kasidah, The Children’s Book of Northern Myths
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20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

Cymbeline, Cover for The American Weekly
By Willy Pogany
Located in Fort Washington, PA
book illustration. Among his many successes were The Rubaiyat, The Kasidah, The Children’s Book of
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20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Book Illustrations

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

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Vintage Book Illustrations For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of vintage book illustrations for sale on 1stDibs. There are many Art Deco, Modern and Contemporary versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage book illustrations available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes brown, beige, gray, black and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Paul Wonner, "Gaspano ""Gus"" Ricca", Albert Al Hirschfeld, Calvin Anderson and Antoni Clavé are often thought to be among the most beautiful. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, board and watercolor — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Vintage Book Illustrations?

Vintage book illustrations can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,273, while the lowest priced sells for $24 and the highest can go for as much as $79,000.
Questions About Vintage Book Illustrations
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    The illustrator for the Madeline books was Ludwig Bemelmans. He also authored the series. The first book was published in 1939, and five more followed. Find a range of Ludwig Bemelmans art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025
    The most famous book that Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated is arguably Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. However, the American artist also produced illustrations for numerous other books. Among them were A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, The Seven Ages of Childhood by Carolyn Wells, The Rhymes of Real Children by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and An Old-Fashioned Girl, also by Louisa May Alcott. Explore a range of Jessie Willcox Smith art on 1stDibs.