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In his drawings and paintings, Mr. Willie is the unrivaled master of delineation of the female form. His slender female characters share a single superb figure that is strong, firm and marvelously tapered. They usually wear shoes or boots with six-inch heels, a tight-fitting corset and long, snug stockings. In his art, Mr. Willie created a feminine pinup ideal that no subsequent work has surpassed. Precise, pretty, entertaining, and enduring, the illustrations of John Willie have delighted viewers for generations.

Diary of a French Maid

Eight installments of Diary of a French Maid appeared in several Robert Harrison magazines from 1948 to 1950. Two unfinished segments were un-published until 1999.

Made with dark, soft pencil, the drawings display an artistic texture that has recorded the abrasion of lead against rough paper. The female forms described by these pictures show a perfection of line and shape that amuses and beguiles with humor and energy. Some of the poses might suggest Degas ballerinas.

The pretty face of the nameless maid changes in a few installments, but her figure stands, sits and walks effortlessly in high heels in all of them. She spends her time dressing her “Ma'm'selle” in corset and boots, walking her dog, ice skating, operating a vacuum cleaner and dressing herself. Mr. Willie fully understands the pleasure of seeing a lovely young woman, dressed in heels and hosiery, performing household tasks.

Each chapter filled a full-sized, two-page magazine spread. Original pages hold four or five images. The 220+ page optimized ebook disassembles the 20 pages of the set and places each of the images of the series on a separate ebook page. In addition, details of the characters, such as corsets, legs and footwear, are enlarged on separate ebook pages. The layout intends to reduce the need for zooming and scrolling.

The original scans have been adjusted to reduce gray shading in the backgrounds. A bit of contrast has been added to the drawings.

These are among the best pinup illustrations of the 20th century and the optimized ebook is the best way to see them. Because of the exceptional quality of the original art and a method of presentation that anticipates the visual appetite of the viewer, this item surely will stand among the very best ebooks we will ever be able to offer.

This volume shows Mr. Willie's product for Harrison magazines as it appeared on pages in 1948, 1949 and 1950. The two-page Diary-of-a-French-Maid spreads appear with their original tonality, followed by a brightened set. Some of the gag-based page layouts include photographs of Mr. Willie, the tall, distinguished-looking gentleman with the moustache. Other pages show small illustrations that ornament letters to the editor columns and other photo features in these broad, joke-oriented publications. Also includes three pages from Bizarre magazine.

Illustrations by John Willie

Illustrations optimizes the small pictures of the Magazine Pages volume, placing each on a separate ebook page. Many are smaller than a two-inch square, but most appear clear in the optimized ebook, although some edges lack sharpness. If you have seen the original pages, the optimized ebook presentation affords a better opportunity for looking at them. The full-screen display is not accomplished by picture file manipulation and enlargement in an image-editing program. By keeping ebook pages close to the small, original size of the artwork, Acrobat Reader, in conjunction with your video hardware, presents images that fill the monitor screen from top to bottom.

These are the 115th, 116th and 117th vintage ebooks we offered on ebay.

The original art and printed pages were scanned at 350 dpi and 600 dpi. I reduced the resolution to 155 dpi when the images were sized to fit the ebook pages. I adjusted the tonality of the photos and drawings.

The scans were assembled as a book in a graphics program. Then, the file was exported to Acrobat .pdf format. Acrobat files are opened in Acrobat Reader, available without charge for both PC and MAC platforms at adobe.com. Acrobat Reader allows zooming, rotation and printing.

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