Description: Untitled Document Original Artwork Book Cover Art for: DRAG STRIP Circa 1959 Artist: Charles William Smith Author: William Campbell Gault Includes a Hardover Book! No Reserve Description: (Please scroll down for additional pictures.) This auction includes the following: Original Cover Art Cover Art for: DRAG STRIP Artist: Charles William Smith Circa 1959 Signed: C.W.S. Acrylic (?) on cold pressed board Board dimensions: 22" x 18" Artwork dimensions: 10-5/16" x 12-11/16" Artist's notes at bottom: "Author of Dim Thunder", "Warm Red" Original Hardcover Book: DRAG STRIP Author: William Campbell Gault Copyright 1959 Tenth Printing 1968 Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. - New York Former Library Copy with Card inside rear cover Dust Jacket intact and in great condition! Up for sale is a GREAT piece of ORIGINAL COVER ART from the late 1950s! The book "Drag Strip", written by William Campbell Gault, was published in 1959. The cover art (jacket design) for this book was illustrated by Charles William Smith. This auction includes both the ORIGINAL ARTWORK by Charles Smith for the cover of "Drag Strip", as well as a HARDCOVER copy of the book "Drag Strip" with the original dust jacket, displaying the Smith cover art. These pieces are perfect for framing together, and would display BEAUTIFULLY! Charles William Smith is a known artist and illustrator, born in 1913 and died in 1968. Please view his summary page at the AskArt webpage. Smith is mostly known as an illustrator, having worked as the Art Director for Spencer W. Curtiss Company in San Francisco during the late 1940s, then becoming a freelance illustrator in 1948, primarily in New York City. Smith had a broad range of work, including book covers and commercial/industrial artwork for such clients as International Harvester, Chrysler, Ford, ESSO, Chevrolet, Mobilgas, Coca-Cola, Lionel Trains, & much more. ILLUSTRATION ART, such as the work of Charles Smith, was widely disregarded during the first half of the 20th century, but today, illustration art has become highly collectible and sought after by collectors worldwide! William Campbell Gault (1910–1995) was an American writer. He wrote under his own name, and as Roney Scott and Will Duke, among other pseudonyms. He is probably best remembered for his sports fiction, particularly the young-readers' novels he began publishing in the early 1960s, and for his crime fiction. He was a wide-ranging contributor to the pulp magazines, particularly to the sports pulps, where he was considered one of the best writers in the field. Many of his novels focused on cars, hot rods, drag strips, and racing. The following is a list of Gault's sports fiction: Backfield Challenge Bruce Benedict, Halfback The Checkered Flag Dim Thunder Dirt Track Summer Drag Strip Gallant Colt Gasoline Cowboy The Karters The Long Green Mr. Fullback Mr. Quarterback Road-Race Rookie Rough Road To Glory Speedway Challenge Sunday's Dust Through The Line Thunder Road Two-Wheeled Thunder Wheels of Fortune The cover art for the book DRAG STRIP depicts the title character, Terry McGovern, driving his hot rod roadster, an expensive "Woestman-Ebbert". Shipping will be FREE in the continental United States. Any bidders outside the continental US, please contact me to request a shipping quote. Contact me with any questions. Pictures: Shipping: FREE Shipping in the continental US. I will combine shipping for multiple items won. Total cost to be determined after auctions end. There is no handling fee, although extra expenses in packing material may be reflected in shipping costs. Notice to International Bidders: International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up – do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as "gifts" - US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. Payment: Paypal is preferred. Payment in person upon local pickup is also accepted. Negative feedback will be left for non-paying bidders.
Price: 1745 USD
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
End Time: 2024-11-18T16:23:57.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed?: Signed
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14")
Region of Origin: US
Style: Illustration Art
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Medium: Acrylic
Date of Creation: 1950-1969
