Softcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in a cardboard slipcase. A large-scale publication dedicated to the 1950s as captured in the pages of American Vogue. This book is illustrated by fashion's greatest photographs of that period-the era when the magazine became the cultural force it is today. One of only seven editors in chief in American Vogue's history, Jessica Daves has remained one of fashion's most enigmatic figures. Diana Vreeland's direct predecessor in the role, it is Daves who first catapulted the magazine into modernity. A testament to a changing America on every level, Daves's Vogue was the first to embrace a "high/low" blend of fashion in its pages and to introduce world-renowned artists, literary greats, and cultural icons into every issue, offering the reader a complete vision of how design, interiors, architecture, entertaining, art, literature, and culture all connected and contributed to refining and defining taste and personal style. Daves profiled icons of American style, from John and Jackie Kennedy to Charles and Ray Eames, alongside Dior, Chanel, Givenchy, and Balenciaga creations. Organized in multifaceted, thematic chapters, 1950s in Vogue features carefully curated photographs, illustrations, and page spreads from the Vogue archives (with iconic images as well as lesser-known wonders), and unpublished photographs and letters from Jessica Daves's personal archives. Clean, bright copy. Slipcase with minor wear, line in bottom edge. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. Decatur IL, Illustrated Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages, color illustrations. This is the ultimate book on the work of renowned pulp artist ALLEN ANDERSON. Known best for his covers for PLANET STORIES, DELL COMICS, spicy pulps, Western pulps, and many others, this spectacular book contains stunning reproductions taken directly from Anderson's original paintings, as well as reference photos, rare proof sheets of pulp covers, and much more. Size: 9" x 12". Limited to 900 copies.
Softcover. NY, Aperture, 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 83 pages, issue devoted to Sudek. Edge wear, rubbing to wrappers. Smudges to inside front cover and first page. Else clean and tight.
Hardcover. New York , Art in America Inc., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages, illustrated boards. B&w illustrations, some color. Special issue on New Talent USA. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 4th pr., 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 200 pages. Color and black and white illustrations. Orange and blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli International Publications, reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. These facsimile pages from the twelve issues of Flair are a celebration of Fleur Cowles zest for creativity in the arts. The 338 pages must have been a challenge for the Hong Kong printers, they had to cope with various foldout pages, die-cut holes, different paper stock and bind in several short pages, two concertina foldouts and five sixteen page booklets.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. Francoise Mouly takes us behind the scenes at the New Yorker and reveals how the magazine creates its signature covers commenting on the most urgent political and cultural events of the day. She shows the shocking and hilarious sketches that didn't make the cut and explains how these are essential stages in the evolution of a cover that stands the test of time but retains its edge. Her book captures contemporary history--from the farce of Monica Lewinsky to the adventures of Michelle and Barack to nuclear meltdown in Japan--in images that are as acute as they are outrageous. More than that, it shows how the magazine that exemplifies journalistic excellence in America also dares to cultivate a sense of humor when grappling with complex moral and political issues.
Hardcover. US, Last Gasp, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink wrap. Clean, tight copy. The Book of Weirdo is the definitive - and hugely entertaining- examination of Weirdo magazine, renowned underground comix cartoonist Robert Crumb's legendary humor comics anthology, which was originally published throughout the 1980s. A "low-brow" counterpoint to Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouley's rather high-faluttin' RAW comix publication, Weirdo influenced an entire generation of alternative and neo-underground artists, as well as creative refuge for the underground comix veterans, and this book features the complete story of the well-recalled comics magazine, along with testimonials from over 130 of the publication's contributors, including interviews with Weirdo's three editors - R. "Keep on Truckin'" Crumb, Peter "Hate" Bagge, and Aline "The Bunch" Kominsky-Crumb - and publisher "Baba Ron" Turner. 288 pages.
Softcover. New York, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 199 pages. Softcover with minor wear to paper wrappers. Spine cracked on sencond page. Library embossed stamp on front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy. Minor wear on edges.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 391 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light yellowing and wear to dust jacket edges. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy. Full color looks at over 3277 New Yorker covers over 65 years.
Hardcover. New York , Knopf, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 391 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt. Very good pictorial dust jacket. 277 cover reproductions in color.
Hardcover. New York , Viking Studio Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 298 pages, reproduces 3500 covers in color. An indispensable volume for the collector or researcher. Three thousand and five hundred reproductions include virtually every cover of the America's most popular magazine during its entire run, from 1899 to 1969, complemented by an essay tracing the magazine's evolution. 15,000 first printing.
Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages. An illustrated history of the fabulous pulp magazines from 1896 to 1953. After tracing the birth of the pulps back to the 1882 launching of Golden Argosy magazine, printed on pulpwood pages, Server organizes his unwieldy subject into categories of pulps: adventure, romance and sex, horror and fantasy, private eye, weird menace, science fiction. Each receives a lively capsule history that covers trends, reader (and sometimes, as in the case of the ``Spicys,'' government) response, and writers' bios--which, though sketchy (Hammett's Hollywood experience gets one sentence), resurrect a number of relatively obscure but seminal and fascinating figures, like Conan- creator Robert E. Howard, who shot himself dead at age 30 on the day his mother died, and Frederick Faust (a.k.a. Max Brand), who sometimes wrote around the clock, piling up two or three million words a year. Server attributes the pulps' demise to, among other factors, the advent of TV, paperbacks, and comic books, and he winds up with a note on pulp-collecting. For all of the author's savvy, though, it's above all the eye- popping illustrations (100 color, 57 b&w) that will have readers beaming. Magazine covers (some lurid, some of eerie beauty), sample pages of text and ads (``Raise Giant Frogs'')--the pulps come alive once again here, in all their eccentric glory.
Hardcover. Koln, Taschen, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 460 pages, without dustjacket, as issued. Clean, bright copy with hundreds of nudes and scantily-clad women in color and b&w photographs and illustrations.
Hardcover. Koln, Taschen, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 460 pages, without dust jacket, as issued. Clean, bright copy with hundreds of nudes and scantily-clad women in color and b&w photographs and illustrations.
Hardcover. Koln, Taschen, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 460 pages, without dust jacket, as issued. Clean, bright copy with hundreds of nudes and scantily-clad women in color and b&w photographs and illustrations.
Hardcover. Koln, Taschen, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 460 pages, without dust jacket, as issued. Clean, bright copy with hundreds of nudes and scantily-clad women in color and b&w photographs and illustrations.
Hardcover. Koln, Taschen, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 460 pages, without dust jacket, as issued. Clean, bright copy with hundreds of nudes and scantily-clad women in color and b&w photographs and illustrations. Volume 5: 1970s At the Newsstand contains 460 full color pages of covers and magazine interiors and 18 chapters of information-rich text. Together with Volume 6 it forms a complete overview of men?s magazine publishing of the 1970s. With Volumes 1 through 4, these two books complete the six-volume set of Dian Hanson?s: The History of Men?s Magazines.
Hardcover. Germany, Taschen, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 3-vol set in slip case. Hardcovers. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Editor Dian Hanson traces the fascinating development of the genre from 1900 to 1969 in three compact, informative volumes. In Volume 1 you'll learn about the first magazines that appeared around 1900 in France, Germany, and the U.S., and follow the development of the genre through the First and Second World Wars. Covered are men's magazines masquerading as movie magazines, humor magazines, art magazines, nudist magazines, and "spicy" fiction. Volume 2 documents the proliferation of pin-up magazines following World War II, most notably a little item called Playboy that debuted in December 1953 and spawned dozens of imitators. This volume also charts the emergence of English men's magazines, fetish magazines, and the top five covergirls of the 1950s. Volume 3 begins with an explosion of new American pin-up magazines following the loosening of U.S. obscenity laws, and continues with French titles in decline, England going pervy; nudists going hippy, and Germany going pervy, hippy and political.
Hardcover. London, FUEL Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 208 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Original publisher's illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in color and black and white throughout. AtomAge magazine was the underground bible of rubber, vinyl and leather fetish wear throughout the 1970s. Founded, designed and published by John Sutcliffe as a way of showcasing his extraordinary clothing designs, it inadvertently became a focal point for followers and explorers of every kind of fledgling clothing scene.
Hardcover. Milwaukie, OR, Dark Horse Books, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 213 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by various artists. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. lightly bumped corners. This volume reprints the first six issues of the madcap classic in glorious remastered color and assembles satires supreme from the splendid savvy of Sirs Al Feldstein, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood, Bill Elder, and Basil Wolverton! Collects the complete Panic issues #1-#6 in color for the first time in decades!
Hardcover. np, New Texture, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 188 pages, color and b&w illustrations. A lushly-illustrated book that showcases the unique career of the blonde Swedish model and actress Eva Lynd, with text written by Eva herself or taken from conversations with her. Millions of men saw photographs of Eva taken by the best "glamour girl" photographers of the era in dozens of different bachelor magazines published in the '50s and '60s.She was also a popular artist's model for paperback covers and illustrations done for magazines in the men's adventure genre that flourished in those decades. Like new, issued w/o a dust jacket.
Softcover. Mineola, NY, Dover Publications, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. This original compilation features more than 80 color plates selected from two of Phillips' early collections, A Gallery of Girls and A Young Man's Fancy, in addition to images from other sources. An Introduction by illustrator and graphic designer Scott M. Fischer provides a modern appraisal and speaks to Phillips' lasting influence. Students of illustration, graphic design, and advertising as well as fans of 1920s fashion will appreciate this collection of striking works by a Golden Age designer-illustrator.
Softcover. Moline, IL, Funnies publishing, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Black and white comic strips throughout by Phil Nowlan and Dick Calkins. Issue number 1, reprinting of comic strips from 1933-1934. Sticker on rear wrapper.
hardcover. Salt Lake City, Gibbs-Smith, 1st , 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Essay by Daniel Okvent. A collection of the magazine's ground-breaking cover art. 1930-1950. Many by artists like Leger, Ben Shahn, Diego Riveria & others, all in color. 142 pages.
Softcover. NY, Reporter Publications, Inc., 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine. Articles on Elvis with drawings by Felix Topolski, Sugar Ray Robinson, Maria Callas, touring cars, building your own golf course, writing by W. Eugene Smith, James Beard, and others. And men's fashion, of course. Red spine faded. Clean.
Softcover. New York, Harper Design, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 255 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
Hardcover. New York , Assouline Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 200 pages, color illustrations. At the forefront of American advertising's creative revolution in the 1960s, George Lois was hand-picked by magazine editor Harold Hayes to visually convey that Esquire--a proponent of that era's New Journalism--was on the cutting edge of American culture. In 2008, New York City's Museum of Modern Art acquired a wide range of George Lois's groundbreaking, often controversial Esquire covers for its permanent collection. This fascinating catalogue presents the original exhibit, with additional covers and images from Lois's private collection, including photos of the designer at work and out-takes of the shoot that resulted in Andy Warhol "drowning" in one of his own tomato soup cans. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Very good.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Bottom right corner slightly bumped. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Light edge wear to wrappers. Else very good.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Spine faded. Else very good.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Very good.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Very good. Swiss Posters 1976. Kodak Colour Calender Contest, 1977. Fred Otnes. 1.international Animated Film Festival in Ottawa. Trends in Jewellery Design in Europe.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Very good.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Jan Swanka, Barbara Nessim, Erhard Gottlicher, Oswaldo Miranda.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Very good.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 84 pages. English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Very good. International graphic design magazine based out of Switzerland. No longer in print. Cover illustration by Andrzej Dudzinski. In Graphis magazine Issue 242, you'll find articles on: IBM--Design, Business & Education, by Steven Heller; Fourth Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, by Philip E. Risbeck, Fort Collins, Colorado; Conception and Design of the USA Annual Reports 1983/84, by Richard A. Lewis, New York.
Softcover. Zurich, Graphis Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, English, German and French text. B&w and color illustrations. Very good. Subjects include Igarishi, Nygaard, and early tourism posters.
Softcover. NY, Heavy Metal Publishing, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, magazine format. Color art by the grear Milo Manara. Very good condition.
Hardcover. Dallas TX, Taylor Publishing, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages, profusely illustrated with full-color horror comic book covers; lavender endpapers; appendix & index included. Clean copy in a bright dust jacket.
Softcover. Decatur IL, Illustrated Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, magazine format, 80 pages. Two long profiles on illustrators Frank McCarthy and Paul Bransom, All in color.
Softcover. Decatur IL, Illustrated Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, magazine format, 80 pages. Two long profiles on illustrators Frank McCarthy and Paul Bransom, All in color.
Softcover. Neshannock PA, Hermes Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 112 pages. Softcover. Extensive color and b&w illustrations by Jaro Fabry throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. During the Golden Age of Hollywood no illustrator chronicled the great stars, pin-ups and good girls better than Jaro Fabry-he was even engaged to one of the era's hottest starlets! His artwork graced such magazines as Colliers, Harpers, and The New Yorker. Now see his behind the scenes illustrations of Hollywood nightlife in the 1930s through the early 1950s together with glamorous and alluring pin-ups and good girls. The style and romance of this by-gone era are captured in the over 220 full color illustrations presented in this definitive monograph. See finished artwork, drawings, covers, and documentary artwork in this tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood. The cover features actress and sex symbol Lana Turner!
Hardcover. New York, Calla Editions, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. This deluxe large-format volume presents scores of sumptuous color illustrations from La Vie Parisienne's heyday, the years between 1917 and 1922. Consisting chiefly of cover designs and editorial cartoons, the images abound in chic young beauties in fanciful and occasionally risque tableaux. Many of these illustrations have not been readily available for nearly a century, making this compilation of particular interest and value to lovers of graphic art and Parisian culture.
Hardcover. Columbia, MI, University of Missouri Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 270 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white illustrations throughout. A tight copy.
Softcover. NY, Life Publishing, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 36 pages plus cover. Color cover by Garrett Price: A Quick Pick-Up. Magazine was once folded so a crease throughout. 3 color ads plus b/w cartoons by Al Frueh, Art Young, John Held, others.