Farewell to Model T
by Lee Strout White (E.B. White)
with illustrations by Alain (Daniel Brustlein)
New York, GP Putnam’s Sons, 1936
FROM THE DUSK JACKET:
Copies of The New Yorker which originally contained this hilarious yet touching little story have been completely worn out. Many thousands of former Model T Ford owners have taken it to the bosom of their great hearts and shouted with glee the while they wiped away a furtive tear. For, as the authors points out, the Model T “was the miracle God had wrought, and it was patently the sort of thing that could only happen once,” Everythinig is here to conjure up nostalgia and to remind readers of a glory that has faded but will linger pleasantly in the thoughts of those who “owned one.” Farewell to Model T is, in short, the perfect gift book—the perfect book to read aloud. Drawings by Alain.
The Elephant and the Flea
by Alain (Daniel Brustlein)
New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1956
A very big elephant thinks of many clever ways to get rid of a flea. But cleverness, he discovers, is not a matter of size! Red cloth. 32 p
The Magic Stones: The Story of the Arch
by Alain (Daniel Brustlein)
New York, Whittlesey House, 1957
DESCRIPTION: size: 10” x 8” 32 p. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout.
Alain’s Steeplechase
by Alain (Daniel Brustlein)
New York, Simon and Schuster, 1957
FRONT THE DUST JACKET: If we allowed ourselves to discourse here on the subject of Alain’s many-splendored comic genius, this panel would have to be enlarged to the size of a garage door, at least. Since a book jacket that big in pink and green would be, we think, rather gaudy, we will confine ourselves to a few non-subjective remarks: Here is the first book collection of Alain’s cartoons – 250 of his best of the past 25 years. Some are stunningly simple. Some have a kind of lunatic complexity. Some go uncaptioned. Others have captions that look like short stories. All of them appeared in The New Yorker, and all are absolutely wonderful.
SIZE: 8.75 x 11.25 in., 128p.
Minette
story by Janice
pictures by Alain (Daniel Brustlein)
New York, Whittlesey House, 1959
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Jan 24, 1960): “Minette, the heroine, is French and, like all good citizens of the Republic, very patriotic and very, very careful of the heritage of her country. With Gallic verve and a certain bland, feline malice Minette tell how she saved the curtains and upholstery in the Palace of Versailles from the depredations of a mouse, despite the stupidity of a dog loving caretaker. How Minette lives in the Palace and sleeps on the royal bed and her satisfaction, as portrayed by cartoonist Alain, is fine to see.”
This is a mustard cloth hard back children’s book with a black illustration of Minette on the front cover.
One, Two, Three, Going to Sea: An Adding and Subtracting Book
story and pictures by Alain (Daniel Brustlein)
New York, Scholastic Book Services, 1964
