A clear shot of the dust-jacket with the elegant gold-foil cover art depicting dangling marionettes
A full-page spread showing vibrant color plates, life-sized marionettes designed by W.A. Dwiggins, including animals and characters in performance poses.
Close-up black-and-white photographs capturing the intricate facial details and craftsmanship of the marionettes.
The Fabulist No. 3 (Autumn 1921): a full-spread featuring a bold archery illustration and author portraits—captured in black‑and‑white style
A striking red-ink cover design titled The Archer, created by Dwiggins in collaboration with L.B. Siegfried for the Littlebook Press imprint
A colorful stenciled illustration of a Chinese woman from Fabulist No. 2 (1916)—an early example of Dwiggins’s innovative illustration techniques
Contextual imagery: although not from The Fabulist, a layout from Dwiggins’s Layout in Advertising shows his signature ornamental style and typographic design
This stunning decorative motif is a stenciled ornament by W.A. Dwiggins, likely adapted from his work in Stencilled Ornament & Illustration—a 1920s portfolio of stencil-based embellishments composed of organic sprigs, leaves, and floral motifs
This sheet is a direct reference to Dwiggins’s modular design philosophy, where a limited number of reusable shapes were arranged to form complex and symmetrical compositions. These techniques formed the foundation of his early 20th-century decorative style, clean, abstract, modernist, but with a folk-art flair.
Title page, featuring bold red lettering and a decorative frame surrounding the text
Opening of the text, showing an ornate, illuminated initial “H” and elegant calligraphy
Interior panel, demonstrating Dwiggins’s skill in combining decorative border elements with clear, readable text
Colophon page, which notes that the text was drawn by W.A. Dwiggins under his supervision and printed at Heintzemann Press