About Albert Seligman
I am a lifelong fan of illustrated books and magazines and passed many pleasant hours collecting books and sharing information and images with fellow collectors and dealers. I was especially interested in the “Golden Age of Illustration” between 1875-1925. I was a strong collector of Edmund Dulac illustrated books, and was able to photograph the complete collection of his American Weekly illustrations from the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art owned by Bill Blackbeard. The collection is now housed at Ohio State University in the Billy Ireland Comic Art Museum.
The publishing business has changed considerably over the last 30 years and by taking advantage of digital technology I hope to publish many of his famous and lesser known illustrations in the coming months.
If you have suggestions for future Dulac titles or own original artwork you would like to have included in future editions please contact me. I am looking forward to working with other Dulac fans and collectors.
If anyone is wondering if I am the same author of The Sport Band System, indeed I am. Unfortunately, the Sport Bands are no longer being produced. After writing this instruction manual I spent my last years in the training profession at UCSF in the Dept. of Neurology. There I had the privilege of working with medical professionals and patients developing physical training rehabilitation programs for MS, stroke, PD, SCI and other neurological related maladies. I retired in 2008 and now I am enjoying my “Golden Years” working with the Dulac eBooks project.
From Flashbak – “Everything Old is New Again”
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Albert Seligman shares his fabulous collection of Edmund Dulac’s work and tells us the story behind it
This is the link to my Alamy portfolio page, where the images are for sale for personal or professional use.
Just so you know I’m not a ‘one trick pony’, I have a nice Arabian Nights non-Dulac survey coming out in December. There are around 50 English language illustrated editions from 1800-1950 of the 1001 tales and their Golden Age illustrators. Preorder on Amazon