N.P. The Smithsonian Institution, 1969. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. An exhibition sponsored by the German Art Council. Black-and-white illustrations. Wrappers slightly tanned at the edges. READ MORE about GERMAN POSTERS: FIVE YOUNG DESIGNERS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 105516
Warszawa (Warsaw), Poland: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1979. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 207, (9) pages. Text in Polish and English. Table of contents, introduction by Zdzislaw Schubert,, indices of authors and reproductions. Includes political, theater cinegraphic, exhibition, tourist, sports, and circus posters. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket slightly chipped. READ MORE about PLAKAT POLSKI 1970-1978 THE POLISH POSTER
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 133337
New York, NY: Abbeville Press, (1984). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 215+(1) pages. Table of contents, biographical sketches of contributors, bibliography, list of lenders, acknowledgments, credits, index. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. With contributions by Mildred Friedman, Robert Brown, Alma Law, Armin Hofmann, and Merrill C. Berman. READ MORE about POSTERS: THE 20TH-CENTURY POSTER DESIGN OF THE AVANT-GARDE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 121485
Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1988. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 190, (2) pages. Text in Russian. History of Russian poster art late-19th to the early 20th centuries. Frontispiece. 132 illustrations, color and black and white. Author's works are listed in the British Library's bibliography of its collection of Russian posters on its website. First major monograph on posters and poster art in the late imperial era. Endnotes, list of illustrations, and brief biographical notes on the artists... READ MORE about RUSSKII PLAKAT: VTORAIA POLOVINA XIX-NACHALO XX VEKA (RUSSIAN POSTERS: SECOND HALF OF THE...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108099
Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, (1994). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 111+(1) pages. Exhibition of posters, mostly late 19th century, in the Museum's collections. Table of contents, foreword, preface and acknowledgments, select bibliography, index. Mostly black and white, but some color, illustrations. READ MORE about DESIGNED TO SELL: TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICAN POSTERS IN THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120014
XXXII:IV
(New York: R.C. Publications), 1978. 4to. self paper wrappers. pp. 68-73. XXXII:IV. An illustrated article in Print (Union List 4, 3438). Magazine of Graphic Design. Feature articles on WPA poster art of the 1930s and book covers on Random House publications. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Includes regular departments on new developments, books in print and listing of art services providers. Subscription envelope laid in. READ MORE about " WPA POSTER PROJECT: WHEN GOVERNMENT SPONSORS ART."
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108751
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1975). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages. First edition. With 175 black-and-white illustrations and 48 full color plates. Study of the last decade of the 19th century and the work of Bradley, Penfield, Parrish, Leyendecker, Sloan, Rhead and others. Very useful book for those interested in the art nouveau period. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about AMERICAN POSTER RENAISSANCE
Price: $32.50 Order nr. 3065
New York: Grossman Publishers, (1970). oblong small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 93+(1) pages. Preface by Emile Langui. 136 items described and illustrated. Jacket soiled and chipped with a piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about LA BELLE EPOQUE, BELGIAN POSTERS, WATERCOLORS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLE CTION OF L. WITTAMER-DE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 32743
New York, NY: The Citadel Press, (1966). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 139+(1) pages. Table of contents, index of posters, biographical notes on designers. Includes political propaganda, entertainment, expressionism, the Bauhaus, among other topics. Black and white and color illustrations. READ MORE about MASTERS OF GERMAN POSTER ART
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133340
(Tokyo, Japan: Department of Cultural Projects, 1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 195+(1) pages. Text in Japanese and English. 19th and 20th century posters exhibited at Japanese museums. Introduction by the author. Essays by the author, Mikio Koyasu, and Norio Shimada. 170 color plates. Chronology, select bibliography, and index. READ MORE about TIMELESS IMAGES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 118970
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1933. 4to. cloth. xii, 208, (iv) pages. A collection of essays about the art of poster design from ten different authors. Over a hundred black-and-white illustrations. It should have 77 pasted color plates, but 24 have been torn from the book. Former library book with usual markings. Several minor tears at the edges of pages and near the remaining pasted-down color plates. READ MORE about THE TECHNIQUE OF THE POSTER
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 96618
München: Süddeutscher Verlag, (1972). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 274, (2) pages. First edition. With 319 illustrations of posters including many in full color. Covers all parts of the world. Jacket with small tears along edges. Ink ownership inscription at top of front pastedown. READ MORE about MONOGRAFIE DES PLAKATS, ENTWICKLUNG STIL DESIGN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 124075
(London, England): V & A Publications, (1998). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 252 pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, introduction by the editor, endnotes, bibliography, illustration acknowledgments, index. A study of the role of posters as communication tools. Frontispiece, color illustrations throughout text. Biographical sketches on back inside dust jacket. READ MORE about THE POWER OF THE POSTER
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 124736
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, (1988). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 263 pages. First edition. Foreword by Richard e. Oldenburg followed by the exhibition catalogue. Includes a bibliography and an index of illustrations. 301 posters illustrated in color. Minor rubbing along edges. READ MORE about THE MODERN POSTER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 75943
The Book Club of California Keepsake for 2007
(San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 2007). small 4to. printed paper folio, 14 loose leaves. unpaginated. The Book Club of California Keepsake for 2007. Folio of 14 facsimiles of Northern California travel posters. Loose leaves with a description and history of the poster. READ MORE about NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TRAVEL POSTERS 1896-1960
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 104499
The Book Club of California Keepsake for 2006
(San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 2007). small 4to. printed paper folio, 14 loose leaves. unpaginated. The Book Club of California Keepsake for 2006. Folio of 14 facsimiles of Southern California travel posters. Loose leaves with a description and history of the poster. READ MORE about SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRAVEL POSTERS 1896-1965
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 104498
Guenrouët, France: Pré Nian Press, 2003. broadside (12 by 8 5/8 inches). Text in French. Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Woodcut illustration by Bertrand Bracaval. READ MORE about Broadside
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 127083
N.P. (The Press of Robert LoMascolo, 2009). Broadside (11 by 6 inches). unbound. unpaginated. Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by the publisher. Handwritten note on back cites Thomas à Kempis as author of the text. READ MORE about WHEN WE DRAW NEAR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 129305
N.P. Robin Price, n.d., but 2003. broadside, 5 1/2 by 7 inches. Broadside commemorating the Tenth Oak Knoll Fest, New Castle, Delaware. Printed by Price and Anne Thompson in colors. READ MORE about CELEBRATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OAK KNOLL FEST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 127063
Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut Libraries, n.d., but circa 1998. broadside (9 3/4 by 12 3/4 inches). Announcement of an exhibition of the works of publisher Robin Price and an accompanying lecture. Co-sponsored by the Connecticut Center for the Book. READ MORE about THE JOURNEY OF MAKING BOOKS BY HAND
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132854
Valencia, Spain: Imprenta Litografia Ortega, (1952). oblong 12mo. illustrated stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in Spanish. A Spanish printer's annual catalogue featuring samples of posters, tickets, advertisements, and tickets. Numerous items tipped-in throughout text. Many items in color. The Ortega firm was founded on 1871. Covers chipped at bottom edges, stained at lower front fore-edge corner. Scattered foxing, mainly at edges of text. READ MORE about CATÁLOGO MUESTRARIO DE CARTELES CARTELITOS CABECERAS PROSPECTOS BILLETES DE PROPAGANDA TAURINA...
Price: $700.00 Order nr. 129769
Madison, Nj: Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, n.d. Broadside (17 by 11 inches). Advertisement for exhibition "Printers as Craftsmen" at the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison, NJ. Engraved illustration of printing equipment and engraved border. READ MORE about COME ONE! COME ALL!
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109962
(North Andover, MA): Friends of the Museum of Printing, n.d. Broadside, 27 by 38 inches. Poster with full-color illustration of printers working at their craft, with a quotation of Latin of Cardelius (1546). READ MORE about THE FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM OF PRINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 110052
Designed by Anne Edwards for Park Phipps and George C. Domke.
Chicago, IL: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937. broadside (21 3/4 x 16 7/8 inches). Designed by Anne Edwards for Park Phipps and George C. Domke. Printed in blue and light yellow. Pieces missing along bottom edge. READ MORE about A TREE OF PRINTING, BEING A RECORD OF IMPORTANT NAMES IN THE HISTORY OF TYPOGRAPHY AND PRINTING
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 105845
New York: New York Chappel, n.d. broadsides (9 x 6 inches). 17 broadsides in total. Limited to 200 copies. Each month was printed as a separate small broadside by a different private press printer in the New York Chappel. Includes the work of John DePol illustrating one calendar page. Printed in color. A total of 17 broadsides counting the 2 pages for February, cover, colophon and explantory page. READ MORE about A CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1959
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 106869
