Hardcover. NY, Firefly Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 240 pages. Posters of the Canadian Pacific is a treasury of three hundred of the finest posters published by the company. They were displayed in Canadian Pacific offices and independent travel agencies worldwide from the 1880s until the 1970s. These posters enticed millions to visit and even settle in Canada. The posters span the years 1883-1973 with special focus on the Art Deco style posters of the 1920s and '30s. They focus on travel and leisure -- activities on ski slopes, golf courses, beaches, and luxury resorts. Other posters feature Canadian Pacific ocean liners in exotic locations around the globe such as the West Indies, Rio, Hawaii and the Orient.
Hardcover. New York, John Day, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, slate blue boards with black cloth spine with gilt lettering, 9 page introduction by Calkins, followed by 50 b&w plates. The best of ad brochures and catalogs from the 1920s. Front hinge cracked, small stamped name to endpapers, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York, John Day, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers, 9 page introduction by Calkins, followed by 50 b&w plates. The best of ad brochures and catalogs from the 1920s. Internally clean, cloth spine has wear, chipping to top and bottom otherwise very good.
Hardcover. UK, Book Sales, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 319 pages. A visual survey of all forms of propaganda used by Allied and Axis powers immediately before and during World War II.
Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, large format, 342 pages. "Each of the 300 posters included in Reel Art has been reproduced to the uncompromising standards of all Abbeville's fine art books. The selection of posters is world-class, many never been published, and the definite text, by screenwriter and film historian Stephen Rebello, tells the vastly entertaining story behind the posters and their creators." The four decades between 1910 and 1950 were the golden age of the American movie poster, an era when wonderful films wer promoted through the talents of legendary illustrators like Thomas Hart Benton, Norman Rockwell, Howard Chandler Christy and Jmes Montgomery Flagg, as well as a small army of unknowns. It was a time when big studios lavished fortunes on poster campaigns - from modest one-sheets posted on neighbourhood fences to the gargantuan forty-eight sheets that usurped entire sides of multi-storey buildings. Hollywood knew that the right image could seduce millions past the box office and into the theatre. Today such graphics fetch five-figure prices from collectors seeking a Casablanca or a King Kong.
Hardcover. London, Laurence King, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 428 pages. This is the first book to be published on one of the greatest American designers of the 20th Century, who was as famous for his work in film as for his corporate identity and graphic work. With more than 1,400 illustrations, many of them never published before and written by the leading design historian Pat Kirkham, this is the definitive study that design and film enthusiasts have been eagerly anticipating. Saul Bass (1920-1996) created some of the most compelling images of American post-war visual culture. Having extended the remit of graphic design to include film titles, he went on to transform the genre. His best known works include a series of unforgettable posters and title sequences for films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Otto Preminger's The Man With The Golden Arm and Anatomy of a Murder. He also created some of the most famous logos and corporate identity campaigns of the century, including those for major companies such as AT&T, Quaker Oats, United Airlines and Minolta. His wife and collaborator, Elaine, joined the Bass office in the late 1950s. Together they created an impressive series of award-winning short films, including the Oscar-winning Why Man Creates, as well as an equally impressive series of film titles, ranging from Stanley Kubrick s Spartacus in the early 1960s to Martin Scorsese s Cape Fear and Casino in the 1990s. Designed by Jennifer Bass, Saul Bass's daughter and written by distinguished design historian Pat Kirkham who knew Saul Bass personally, this book is full of images from the Bass archive, providing an in depth account of one of the leading graphic artists of the 20th century.
Softcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large softcover, 287 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout. A very clean, tight copy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Centre, New York. Illustrated card covers with long inside flaps, minimal wear. An exhaustive compilation of the best graphic work of Steinberg covering his life in advertising, graphic design and fine arts.
Hardcover. London, Phaidon Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover, 272 pages. Color illustrations throughout, very clean and tight copy. American adman and image-maker George Lois (b. 1931) was a leader of the Creative Revolution of the 1960s and is the mind behind an astonishing array of branding campaigns and unforgettable magazine covers during his fifty-year career. Illustrated with the original ads and images, $ellebrity presents the stories behind the ads, explaining how each ad was conceived and produced, and the unexpected pitfalls, scuffles, and friendships that ensued.
Schiffer Publishing, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 272 pages illustrated in color. Explore fashion history with legs at center stage--from the dawn of civilization through current-day trends. This book examines society's role in moving hemlines and in shaping "legcentric" traditions throughout history. What has changed or stayed the same in the course of fashion eras? How have legs appeared in dance, sport, performance, pageantry, and conventional or outre outfits? Find out how athletics, depictions in literature and art, and motifs in advertising and films reflect our changing times. Discover the styles, attitudes, customs, sex appeal, socially acceptable postures and walks, and more in this comprehensive view of leg fashions through the ages. Enjoy fashions from the waist down through 319 striking images explained in their historical context.
Hardcover. Croydon UK, Fonthill Media, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 160 pages. You might be surprised to learn that many of the consumer brands and products we enjoy today exist because of streetcar advertising. The Industrial Revolution of the early 1900's and a massive consumer audience riding over 50,000 streetcars in nearly 3,000 cities and towns in every state of the union provided a great opportunity for Barron Collier, a native of Memphis, Tennessee. He simply used streetcar advertising to bring these two forces together and created the largest streetcar advertising empire in the world. By age twenty-six, he was a millionaire and at one time had business offices in 70 cities with business interests in more than a thousand cities. Most of these advertising cards have remarkable color graphics; over 250 of them are included in this book for your viewing pleasure. While streetcar advertising is definitely not a major advertising medium today, the advertising community might be surprised to learn that the basic principles of consumer advertising have not changed that much in the last one hundred years. Investors might do well to review this book to see which companies are still producing these popular products and brands as they represent some of the most successful businesses in America today.
Hardcover. Glitterati , 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 228 pages. What do Elmer's Glue, Krylon Spray Paint, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups have in common? The designer Ted Eron, of course. You may not know his name, but you know Ted Eron. Although he remains largely unknown in the public consciousness, Eron played an integral role in defining the aesthetics of everyday goods and household staples in the 1950s and '60s. In Ted Eron Designed That, Joseph Eron and Elizabeth Eron Roth - Ted's children - chronicle the life and art of their father through a nostalgic tour of the iconic graphic designs that have shaped and revolutionised twentieth-century visual culture. From his humble beginnings painting signs in the basement of a market while attending Cooper Union, to the Eron & Eron Industrial Design years during World War II and beyond, Ted Eron Designed That pays a long overdue tribute to the man behind the iconic designs. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.
Hardcover. Glitterati , 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 228 pages. What do Elmer's Glue, Krylon Spray Paint, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups have in common? The designer Ted Eron, of course. You may not know his name, but you know Ted Eron. Although he remains largely unknown in the public consciousness, Eron played an integral role in defining the aesthetics of everyday goods and household staples in the 1950s and '60s. In Ted Eron Designed That, Joseph Eron and Elizabeth Eron Roth - Ted's children - chronicle the life and art of their father through a nostalgic tour of the iconic graphic designs that have shaped and revolutionised twentieth-century visual culture. From his humble beginnings painting signs in the basement of a market while attending Cooper Union, to the Eron & Eron Industrial Design years during World War II and beyond, Ted Eron Designed That pays a long overdue tribute to the man behind the iconic designs. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.
NY, The Art Directors Club, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, no dust jacket issued. 540 pages with 1002 examples of award-winning graphic art. Clean copy. NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
NY, Roto Vision for the Art Directors Club, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 568 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. Cover & section designs by Kit Hinrichs. Hall of Fame features on Rudolph de Harak & Raymond Loewy. Includes work by David Carson, Tocani, Massimo Vignelli, Michael Bierut, Seymour Chwast, Pushpin, Woody Pirtle, Paula Scher, Stefan Sagmeister, April Greiman, Milton Glaser, Trickett & Webb, Ivan Chermayeff, Andy Warhol, Irving Penn, Henry Wolf, Tibor Kalman, Chip Kidd, Art Spiegelman, Joe Pytka, Adrian Lyne, David Bailey, David Lynch, John Rushworth, David Hillman, Alan Fletcher, Marcello Minale, Bruce Duckworth, Mary Lewis, Derek Birdsall, Mervyn Kurlansky, among others. Clean.
Hardcover. NY, Goodman, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. For 40 years Rob Roth has collected rare examples of rock tour posters, advertising posters, rock memorabilia, and original artwork. His vast spectacular collection has never been displayed publicly; only visitors to his spacious New York loft--visitors like Elton John and Alice Cooper--have glimpsed his amazing treasures. This lavishly produced volume presents some of the most vivid and exciting images from the rock world featuring classic artists like the Rolling Stones, Queen, Pink Floyd, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, Alice Cooper, and David Bowie.
Hardcover. Pittsburgh PA, GoodKnight Books, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The Art of Selling Movies presents the first-ever look at 60 years of newspaper advertising for motion pictures great and small. These ads created by Hollywood and adapted by local and regional exhibitors motivated patrons to leave their homes, part with precious income, and spend time in the dark. Because of the high stakes involved, theater operators used wildly creative means to make that happen. They made movie advertising equal parts art and psychology, appealing to every human instinct (especially sex) in an effort to push product and keep their theatres in business. From the pen-and-ink masterpieces of the 1920s and 30s to location-specific folk art to ad space jam-packed with enticements for every member of the family, The Art of Selling Movies dissects the psyche of the American movie-going public ... and the advertisers seeking to push just the right buttons.
Softcover. Harrisburg PA, Cameron House, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 16 X 11", Contains 23 vintage beer posters, suitable for framing. There is also included a nice historical writeup of each brewery represented in the book.
Softcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages, color illustrations throughout. A follow-up to the authors first book, "The Cat Made Me Buy It!". 113 color photographs of advertising posters, magazine ads and covers, sheet music, signage, etc., all featuring felines.
Softcover. Plesant Plain OH, David Zimmerman, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 348 pages illustrated in b&w and color. A visual reference for all kinds of tins for coffee, peanut butter, cocoa, tea, and various other food products. Also tins for talcum powder, soap, typewriter ribbons, needles, pens, medicines, etc. Clean copy.
Softcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 176 pages. A collection of some of the independent film genre's most provocative posters includes such examples as Eraserhead and Lost in Translation, in a volume that profiles more than 100 internationally recognized directors and traces the cultural significance of independent films.
NY, Watson-Guptill , 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Folio, unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with nearly 900 advertisements, designs, photographs etc. Hardcover, bound in original cloth with dustjacket. In excellent condition. No markings. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.