Morris, First Book of Constitution, 1958, Leonard Everett Fisher illustrations
"The First Book of the Constitution" by Richard B. Morris, illustrated with wood engravings by Leonard Everett Fisher, published by Franklin Watts, New York, 1958. First edition, 13th printing.
Hard boards; illustrated cloth, both boards have the same design, [some edge wear, stain from removed label on the backboard; see photo]; 7.1/4" x 8.3/4"; vertical glue stains inside front and back covers [see photos]; stain from the removed label on the last page [publisher’s add]; 72 pages including Index, c. 40 wood engravings by Fisher, very good condition
Begins in 1780 with a letter from Alexander Hamilton to a New York Continental Congress member. Discusses the writing of the Constitution and includes a short outline. Also includes a discussion of the weaknesses of confederation government and descriptions of the founding fathers. Original artwork in black and white gives children the history of the American Constitution.
Leonard Everett Fisher (born June 24, 1924) is an American artist best known for illustrating children's books. Since 1955 he has illustrated about 250 books for younger readers including about 88 that he also wrote. He has designed 10 United States postage stamps and has executed paintings for the Norwalk (CT) Transit District building. He has also served as the President of the Westport Public Library.
He began his formal art training with his father, Benjamin M. Fisher, a designer of naval vessels, who contributed to the construction of Simon Lake submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and such US Navy warships as USS Arizona, USS Honolulu, and USS North Carolina—all designed, built, and commissioned at the Brooklyn, New York Navy Yard (1913–1937). Between 1932 and 1942, Leonard Everett Fisher continued his training at the Heckscher Foundation (NY), with Moses and Raphael Soyer (NY), with Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York, and Serge Chermayeff at Brooklyn College.
Fisher served in the U.S. Army during World War II in North Africa and Hawaii with the 30th Topographic Engineers as a photogrammetrist – one who makes topographical maps from aerial photographs. During two years of deployments overseas under orders of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, and in cooperation with the British Survey Directorate and the Joint Intelligence Command Pacific Ocean Area, Fisher, a non-commissioned officer, was assigned to the 30th Engineers Battalion Operations. Here he participated in secret missions creating vital ground, sea and navigational maps.
After the war, he attended Yale University’s School of Art, earned BFA and MFA degrees (1949, 1950), was a recipient of Yale’s Winchester Fellowship and John Ferguson Weir Prize, and taught Design Theory as a Yale graduate teaching fellow.
His numerous honors include a Pulitzer painting award, the Premio Grafico Fiera Internazionale di Bologna, the Medallion of the University of Southern Mississippi, the Christopher Media for Illustration, a National Jewish Book Award, the Regina Medal of the Catholic Library Association, the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Award, the American Library Association's Arbuthnot citation, and the New England Booksellers Association Children's Literature Award.
His art is in collections of the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Postal History, the Butler Art Institute, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Museum of American Illustration, the Housatonic Museum of Art, Mt. Holyoke and Union Colleges, the Universities of Connecticut, Brown, Oregon, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Appalachia State, and Southern Mississippi, New York and Westport Public Libraries, among others.
Fisher’s artworks have been exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute, the Brandywine River Museum, the New Britain Museum of American Art, and other venues nationwide.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $42.50
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"The First Book of the Constitution" by Richard B. Morris, illustrated with wood engravings by Leonard Everett Fisher, published by Franklin Watts, New York, 1958. First edition, 13th printing.
Hard boards; illustrated cloth, both boards have the same design, [some edge wear, stain from removed label on the backboard; see photo]; 7.1/4" x 8.3/4"; vertical glue stains inside front and back covers [see photos]; stain from the removed label on the last page [publisher’s add]; 72 pages including Index, c. 40 wood engravings by Fisher, very good condition
Begins in 1780 with a letter from Alexander Hamilton to a New York Continental Congress member. Discusses the writing of the Constitution and includes a short outline. Also includes a discussion of the weaknesses of confederation government and descriptions of the founding fathers. Original artwork in black and white gives children the history of the American Constitution.
Leonard Everett Fisher (born June 24, 1924) is an American artist best known for illustrating children's books. Since 1955 he has illustrated about 250 books for younger readers including about 88 that he also wrote. He has designed 10 United States postage stamps and has executed paintings for the Norwalk (CT) Transit District building. He has also served as the President of the Westport Public Library.
He began his formal art training with his father, Benjamin M. Fisher, a designer of naval vessels, who contributed to the construction of Simon Lake submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and such US Navy warships as USS Arizona, USS Honolulu, and USS North Carolina—all designed, built, and commissioned at the Brooklyn, New York Navy Yard (1913–1937). Between 1932 and 1942, Leonard Everett Fisher continued his training at the Heckscher Foundation (NY), with Moses and Raphael Soyer (NY), with Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York, and Serge Chermayeff at Brooklyn College.
Fisher served in the U.S. Army during World War II in North Africa and Hawaii with the 30th Topographic Engineers as a photogrammetrist – one who makes topographical maps from aerial photographs. During two years of deployments overseas under orders of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, and in cooperation with the British Survey Directorate and the Joint Intelligence Command Pacific Ocean Area, Fisher, a non-commissioned officer, was assigned to the 30th Engineers Battalion Operations. Here he participated in secret missions creating vital ground, sea and navigational maps.
After the war, he attended Yale University’s School of Art, earned BFA and MFA degrees (1949, 1950), was a recipient of Yale’s Winchester Fellowship and John Ferguson Weir Prize, and taught Design Theory as a Yale graduate teaching fellow.
His numerous honors include a Pulitzer painting award, the Premio Grafico Fiera Internazionale di Bologna, the Medallion of the University of Southern Mississippi, the Christopher Media for Illustration, a National Jewish Book Award, the Regina Medal of the Catholic Library Association, the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Award, the American Library Association's Arbuthnot citation, and the New England Booksellers Association Children's Literature Award.
His art is in collections of the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Postal History, the Butler Art Institute, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Museum of American Illustration, the Housatonic Museum of Art, Mt. Holyoke and Union Colleges, the Universities of Connecticut, Brown, Oregon, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Appalachia State, and Southern Mississippi, New York and Westport Public Libraries, among others.
Fisher’s artworks have been exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute, the Brandywine River Museum, the New Britain Museum of American Art, and other venues nationwide.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $42.50
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