from the Fall of Adam to Modern Times, Lavishly illustrated by admirers of Clarence Beckman with notes by a learned authority, New York City, 1952, a completely hand-illustrated book, bound in full leather, three raised bands, gilt-decorated, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout, a tribute to Beckman, an art director at J. W. T., J. Walter Thompson, approximately 45 illustrations by Wally Elton, Van Stith, Bill Strasser, George Schoenberger, Art Schumacher, Dante Bertoni, Cy Klauck, John Huppi, Dave Blossom, Wallace Turner, Charlotte Joan Sternberg, etc.  rubbed at the extremities, small piece missing from the bottom of the spine