Mail Order!: Clip Art from the 40S, 50S, & 60s

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing Quality
Review: What a disappointment this was! I have a library of clip art books, and thought this would make a great new addition. I was shocked when it arrived. I've never seen one of such poor quality as this. I feel ripped off. The pictures were badly reproduced--they are fuzzy and the quality is atrocious, especially for pictures that are supposed to be scanned and copied for reproduction! The pictures on the reverse of the page also show through the other side, so there's a good chance that the picture you want has the other side's images showing through it.

The selection wasn't even that good. Most of the images are large, meaning that there aren't that many items on each page. There just seems to be a lot lacking here in selection. But, then again, the quality is so bad who'd want to use them anyway.

I also found it irritating that even though these are copyright free, the publisher puts more stringent conditions on their usage and on how many you can use in a project than, say, Dover does. It just seems greedy and galling on top of the already blurry slim pickings the book offers. Give this one a miss. I wish I had. A shame, because it's a great idea, and I would love to have a clip art book that actually has what I thought this would offer.