Buy this book on-line Goldberg, Rube : The Rube Goldberg Plan for the Post-War WorldFranklin Watts, Incorporated, New York, 1944
Original publisher's illustrated boards. 7 1/2" x 8 5/8." Forty-one pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Black and white reprinted portrait photograph of the author on the back cover. Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are clean and intact overall but there is rubbing on the spine. From the front cover: "Look at the practically perfect shape of things to come!; A multitude of marvels from the mind and pen of the world's great science cartoonist!" Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was an American cartoonist, author, engineer, and inventor. He had a prolific career as an artist and was popular in his time. He is perhaps best-known for his illustrations of "Rube Goldberg machines," contraptions that perform simple tasks in a whimsical, convoluted way. This book is a parody of everyday life after World War II and features Goldberg's eponymous machines. The illustrations come with accompanying explanations of the contraptions and humor from the 1940s.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Goldberg, Rube : The Rube Goldberg Plan for the Post-War World. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, libri antichi, antiquarian books, rare books and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |