"The Prince of Wales: And Other Famous Americans" COVARRUBIAS, Miguel
$250
Alfred A. Knopf
1925
First Edition
Preface by Carl Van Vechten
9 1/4" x 7 1/4"
VG
The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans is a 1925 book by Miguel Covarrubias, a Mexican cartoonist. It is a collection of 66 black-and-white caricatures of famous American (mostly New York-based) personalities from the 1920s. The future Edward VIII, alluded to in the title, appears as the frontispiece at a race track; he had made a widely publicized visit to the United States in 1924. Many of the drawings were originally published in Vanity Fair magazine, which employed Covarrubias as a staff cartoonist.
The artist's first book of theatrical and literary caricatures - following a two-year stint drawing for Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. Dozens of caricatures of American and British celebrities from the 1920s. Four color plates, 6 b/w plates, the remaining caricatures in black and white line drawings.