These are some books I look at for inspiration guidance, and the occasional slice of humble pie.
Being an impulse shopper myself, I've arranged it so if you click on any of these titles, it will bring you to the Amazon.com order page for that particular title! Neat! I've labeled the ones that are out of print, but the cool thing about Amazon.com is that they will search for out of print titles. This does work sometimes; I've gotten a few this way.

Hirschfeld on Line
cover
Al Hirschfeld
Brand new, already a classic.

The Art of Jack Davis
Hank Harrison
Out of print

Dynamic Figure Drawing
cover
Burne Hogarth

Drawing the Human Head
cover
Burne Hogarth

Celebrity Caricature in America
cover
Wendy Wick Reaves

Cartooning; The Art and the Business
Mort Gerberg

How to Draw Caricatures
cover
Lenn Redman

The Complete Book of Cartooning
John Adkins Richardson
Out of print

Theory and Use of Color
Luigina De Grandis
Also out of print.

Familiar Faces : The Art of Mort Drucker David Duncan with Mort Drucker
This one's out of print, too, but if you try hard enough... (hint: Amazon.com found one for me. A SIGNED and numbered hardcover at that!)

The Complete Book of Caricature
Bob Staake

Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist
cover
Stephen Rogers Peck

Stars
cover
Sebastian Kruger

Stones
cover
Sebastian Kruger

The Savage Mirror : The Art of Contemporary Caricature
Steven Heller and Gail Anderson
Out of print.
This book is so good, I can't believe it's out of print.

Unauthorized Portraits
cover
Edward Sorel

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