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TitleEditionYear of PublicationContributorsCountry of PublicationPossible Copyright StatusAvailable Online?
American art by American artists: One hundred masterpieces representing the best work in pen-and-ink and in color of twenty-seven celebrated American artists1914United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
American stuff: an anthology of prose & verse by members of the Federal writers' project1937United StatesCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Angewandtes zeichnen1911Ernst WeberUnknown (outside United States)Public DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Animal drawing1936Frank Charles MedworthUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Animal sketching1926Alexander CalderUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Applied cartooning1917Charles Lewis Bartholomew, Joseph AlmarsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Applied descriptive geometry with drafting-room problems1934Frank Melville WarnerUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Applied drawing1928Harold Haven BrownUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Applied drawing1916Harold Haven BrownUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Architectural rendering in pen and ink1915Frank Allison Hays, M. KrakowUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Art drawing made easy1934D. M. (Domenic Mathews) CampanaUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Art in the elementary school1929Margaret E. Mathias, Bessie Lee GambrillUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Art laboratory manual1943Joseph William HullUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The art of seeing: mental training through drawing1925Charles H. (Charles Herbert) Woodbury, Mrs Elizabeth Ward PerkinsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
At pencil's point: an enjoyable and sure way to become a good draughtsman1946Harry RothUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Bildhaftes gestalten als aufgabe der volkserziehung1930Gustav KolbGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The book of one hundred figure drawings1935George Brant BridgmanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Bridgmans handbook of drawing1929George Brant BridgemanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Catalogue of a Century of progress exhibition of paintings and sculpture1933Daniel Catton RichUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Catalogue of a Century of progress exhibition of paintings and sculpture, lent from the American collections: The Art institute of Chicago, June 1 to November 1, 19331933Daniel Catton RichUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The child mind in evolution: a study of developmental sequences in drawing1941Gertrude Howell HildrethUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Circles & squares1930Marguérite. Marquart, Jean T. MitchellUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Commercial art1930Clarence Earl WallaceUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Commercial art: advertising layout1938Philip Albaum, E. C. (Eric Christian) MatthewsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Commercial art and cartooning1925E. C. (Eric Christian) MatthewsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Commercial art course1932Donald CowellUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Commonsense drawing: a manual with syllabus and instructions for teachers of drawing in graded schools1919Eleanor LaneUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Costume design and illustration1932J. M. Jameson, Kenneth Milton Chapman, Ethel TraphagenUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Costume design and illustration1st ed.1918J. M. Jameson, Ethel TraphagenUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
A course in drawing and industrial work for graded schools: hand book for teachers1914Leon Eugene WrightUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Course in drawing and painting birds1961Fredric SweneyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
A course in free hand drawing and design in twelve lessons1920Joseph Cummings ChaseUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Das freie zeichnen: ein weg für den unterricht im zeichnen nach natur-1925Franz Čižek, Hermann KastnerGermanyCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Das malen und zeichnen zur belebung des elementarunterrichts und der häuslichen beschäftigung der kinder1913Heinrich ScharrelmannUnknown (outside United States)Public DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Der genius im kinde1922Gustav Friedrich HartlaubPolandPublic DomainCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
Die wandtafel in der sonntagschule1907John. EtjenUnknownPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Domestic animal studies in the modern manner1930John Joseph EppensteinerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Drafting room practice1928Eugene CluteUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Drawing and constructive work for elementary schools1913Frank H. (Frank Henry) CollinsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Drawing and painting self-taught1922Anson K. (Anson Kent) Cross, Evelyn F. CrossUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Drawing & engraving; a brief exposition of technical principles & practice1892Philip Gilbert HamertonUnited KingdomPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Drawing for zinc etching1925Ray J. MatasekUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Drawing, from drawing as an educational force to drawing as an expression of the emotions1921Archibald Standish Hartrick, F. Morley (Frank Morley) FletcherUnknownPublic DomainCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Drawing made easy1913Charles LedererUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Drawing room practice1st ed.,1921Frank Arthur StanleyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The drawing teacher: a book of teaching projects for the art teacher1928Harry Wallingford JacobsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Drawing the easy way1927Cobb X. ShinnUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Drawing trees1956Henry C. (Henry Clarence) PitzUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Dutch silhouettes1916James Augustus EdwardsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The eighteenth century1961United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedPage view available
Erziehung zum bewussten sehen1911Wilhelm HeinrichsdorffGermanyPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Etching and other graphic arts1914George Taylor PlowmanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Etching and other graphic arts: an illustrated treatiseRev. and enl. ed with an original etching frontispiece and forty1922George Taylor PlowmanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Exhibition of drawings1928United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Fashion illustration1937Virginia Jewel, Christine SchmuckUnknownCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Figure drawing: a system of drawing and design1957Dale NicholsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Flemish & Dutch drawings from the 15th to the 18th century1963Colin T. EislerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Forty seven fac-simile drawings by American artists1918Joseph PennellUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Free-hand drawing1928Dorothy Gordon, Frances BeemUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Free-hand drawing: a text-book for high schools and normal schools1915De Resco Leo AugsburgUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Freehand and perspective drawing1917Herbert E. (Herbert Edward) Everett, William Henry LawrenceUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Freehand and perspective drawing: a practical treatise on the principles of artistic perception and the art of correct graphic delineation1937Herbert E. (Herbert Edward) Everett, William Henry LawrenceUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Freehand drawing self-taught1933Arthur L. (Arthur Leighton) GuptillUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
From Holbein to Whistler1920Alfred Mansfield BrooksUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Fun-sketching -- a pastime that pays1930Walter Raymond Maxwell FosterUnited StatesPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Fun-sketching: a pastime that pays1930Walter Raymond Maxwell FosterUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
General drafting[3d ed.]1960Frank Roy Kepler, Verne Charles FryklundUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Graded exercises in drawing based upon the New York state elementary syllabus1916Levi R. TubbsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Graphic arts1936United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
A handbook of perspective drawing1941James C. MoreheadUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Hints and tips for commercial artists1930Bernard John PalmerUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Hon and Lustig's cartoon book1916Jack Lustig, William HonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Horses1930Don Louis PercevalUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
How children learn to draw1916Elizabeth Erwin Miller Lobinger, Elizabeth Miller Lobingier, Walter SargentUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
How to become a newpaper artist1912Gus Tait ColemanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
How to draw cartoons successfully1935Carl AndersonUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
How to draw children1934Bernice Olivia OehlerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
How to draw funny pictures: a complete course in cartooning1928E. C. (Eric Christian) Matthews, Eugene ZimmermanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
How to draw funny pictures: a complete course in cartooning1935E. C. (Eric Christian) Matthews, Eugene ZimmermanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
How to draw the head in light & shade1927Edward RenggliUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
How to sketch from life1929L. A. (Len A.) DoustUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Industrial and applied art books1922Elmer Ellsworth Bush, Florence Reid BushUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Industrial and applied art books1918Elmer Ellsworth Bush, Florence Reid BushUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
An introduction to the language of drawing and painting1929Arthur PopeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Joseph Pennell's pictures of the wonder of work: reproductions of a series of drawings, etchings, and lithographs, made by him about the world, 1881-1915, with impressions and notes by the artist1916Joseph PennellUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Le dessin humoristique1913Louis MorinFrancePublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
The Lederer art course: a complete, simplified system of drawing, design, cartooning and color work1920Charles LedererUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Let the child draw1936Van Dearing PerrineUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
The little child and his crayon: a monograph for church school teachers1922Jessie Eleanor MooreUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Machine drawing: a comprehensive treatise on machine drawing covering principles of the working drawing1930Charles Lewis Griffin, Robert H. FortmanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Manual de pedagogia del dibujo1917Ramona Vidiella, Victor MasrieraSpainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
A manual of drawing for science students1935Justus Frederick MuellerUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
A manual on figure drawing & fashion designing1932L. A. (Len A.) DoustUnknownCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Manuel Rosenberg course in cartooning1927Manuel RosenbergUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
The Manuel Rosenberg course in newspaper art1922Manuel Rosenberg, T. C. O'DonnellUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Measurement of intelligence by drawings1926L. M. Terman, Florence Laura GoodenoughUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
A measuring scale for free-hand drawing1922Gertrude L. Carey, Linus Ward KlineUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Modern illustration, a practical art course: a series of lessons covering all branches of illustration, drawing for reproduction, and commercial art work1929E. C. (Eric Christian) Matthews, Jack WarrenUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
My drawing book: self-instruction drawing1929Hilda Keel-SmithUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
N.L.A.S.L. method of drawing and historical sketch[2d ed.].1917Lucile A. MintUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Observation: visual training through drawing1922Charles H. (Charles Herbert) WoodburyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Original drawings by the old masters1915Joseph Green Cogswell, George Sidney HellmanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrighted
An outline of art study1948Cyril SloaneUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Pen, Pencil and brush1935Leon William GeorgeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Pencilgraphing: makes sketching easy as writing1936George ElgoUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Perspective drawing1929Joseph BrahdyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Pointsight1913Eleanor LaneUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Practical course in memory drawing1936Edwin George LutzUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusPublic DomainPublic Domain
Practical drawing: a book for the student and the general reader1915Edwin George LutzUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Practical graphic figures: the technical side of drawing for catrtoons and fashions1925G. E Lutz, Edwin George LutzUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Rembrandt drawings and etchings: with critical reassignments to pupils and followers1927John Charles Van DykeUnited StatesCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Self-development in drawing as interpreted by the genius of Romano Dazzi and other children: with over 100 illustrations1928Walter BeckUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The sho card cartoonist1929United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Simple sketching in line: how to turn your ideas and impressions into pictures1936Erich Kastner, Len A. DoustUnknown (outside United States)CopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Simplified illustrating1911Charles Hope. ProvostUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Sketching and rendering in pencil1922Arthur L. (Arthur Leighton) GuptillUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Sketching as a hobby1936Carroll Leja Nichols, Arthur L. (Arthur Leighton) GuptillUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusCopyrighted
Student's manual of fashion drawing1930Edith Young, J. M. JamesonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Student's manual of fashion drawing1st ed.1919Edith Young, J. M. JamesonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
A study in aesthetics1932Milton Hawkins BirdUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Teachers' art manual1910E. Dunlap TrimbleUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
A teachers' manual to accompany graded drawing and construction books1913Dorothy O'Reilly AniolUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Technique of practical drawing for teachers, students and professional artists1920Edward S. PilsworthUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Tierzeichnen auf anatomischer grundlage: zeichnungen auf 40 volltafeln und begleitender text mit weiteren 18 eingestreuten abbildungen1929Hans. BehrensUnknown (outside United States)CopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
"Tricks of the trades"1916 Freeburn, Denton FreeburnUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Unterrichts-briefe für zeichnen1935Leopold Moritz Karl CapellerGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
What to draw and how to draw it: "the ideal method"1913Edwin George LutzUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
When mother lets us draw1916Lee ThayerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Where and how to sell your drawings.1937UnknownUnknown copyright statusPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
With pen and ink1913James HallUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
You can draw1936Mrs Frances E. O'Brien GarfieldUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The Zanerian manual of alphabets and engrossing: an instructor in round hand, lettering, engrossing, designing, pen and brush art, etc1918C. P. (Charles Paxton) ZanerUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Zeichenwunder: das zeichnen für das kind und mit dem kinde, mit sechzig tafeln, davon vier in farbigem kunstdruck1928Fried WittberGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Zeichnungen alter Meister in der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg1924Gustav PauliGermanyCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain