1945 1st Edition of Saul Steinberg's first monograph "All In A Line" a timeless compilation of his graphic observations on life. Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania, 1914-99) had one of the most remarkable and varied careers in postwar American art. While known for the drawings that graced the cover of the New Yorker for nearly six decades, he was equally acclaimed for the drawings, paintings, prints, collages, and sculptures he exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world. Through these parallel careers-cartoonist and independent artist-Steinberg crafted a rich and ever-evolving idiom and, in the process, became celebrated the world over for giving graphic definition to the postwar age.

The first part are conventional civilian cartoons, some clever and subtle, some not. The second part, overseas, is more interesting now, as the introduction to it explains "Steinberg saw most of the theaters of war as a Lieutenant in the Navy and the OSS. HIs overseas drawings reflect the G.I>'s unconscious viewpoint better than most of the books of the war correspondents." Some are essentially realistic with little or no humor; others are quite sardonic, as for instance one of a single sturdy but unburdened American soldier followed by two emaciated "native" porters piled high with his luggage, followed by a "native" child carrying one handbag on his head. I inherited this from my father's collection. He probably boughti t when it came out. ( )