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related to la belle epoque posters, poster history, graphic design history,
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and related design.
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A
FEW OF OUR FAVORITE POSTER BOOKS (currently in print)
The
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers (World
of Art) by A. Livingston, I. Livingston, 1992.
Graphic
Design : A Concise History (World of Art) by R. Hollis, 1985.
Graphic
Style : From Victorian to Post-Modern by S. Heller, S. Chwast, 1994.
Posters:
a Concise History by J. Barnicoat, 1985.
Posters
of the WPA, by C. Denoon 1987.
AIRLINE
AND TRAVEL POSTER RELATED BOOKS
Bon
Voyage: Travel Posters of the Edwardian Era, by Julia Wigg, 1996.
Poster
Art of the Airlines : Featuring Pan American Airways and Its Contemporaries
by W. D. Thomas, 1989.
En
Route : Label Art from the Golden Age of Air Travel by L. Johnson, M.O'Leary,1993.
AMERICAN
ADVERTISING POSTER BOOKS AND RELATED
75
Years of Children's Book Week Posters: Celebrating Great Illustrators
of American Children's Books, L. Marcus, Editor,1994.
American
Advertising Posters of the Nineteenth Century: from the Bella C. Landauer
Collection of the NY Historical Society, Mary Black, 1976.
Broadsides
& Posters from the National Archives by United States. National
Archives and Records Administration, 1986.
Designed
to Sell: Turn of the Century American Posters in the Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts,F. Brandt, Ed. 1997.
Railroad
Timetables, Travel Brochures & Posters : A History and Guide for
Collectors by B. Lomazzi,1995.
100
Texas Posters by D. L., Jr. Pierce, 1986.
The
American Billboard : 100 Years by J. Fraser, 1997.
930
Matchbook Advertising Cuts of the Twenties and Thirties by T. Robbins
(Ed.) 1997.
Ads
That Put America on Wheels by E. Dregni, K. Hagstrom Miller, 1996.
What
a Character! : 20th Century American Advertising Icons by W. Dotz, J.
Morton, J. Lund, 1996.
Posters
American Style by Therese Thau Heyman, 1998.
America
for Sale : A Collectors Guide to Antique Advertising by D. Congdon-Martin.
1991. note: this is a general book on tin signs, tip trays, posters,
ad antiques.
Specimens
of Show Printing : Early American Theatrical Posters., 1986.
Famous
American Illustrators by Rotovision Sa, 1998.
ART
NOUVEAU POSTER BOOKS
Art
Nouveau Posters and Graphics (Academy Art Editions) by R. Sainton, 1984.
CIRCUS
POSTER AND RELATED BOOKS
American
Circus Posters in Full Color, by C. Fox, 1979.
The
Golden Age of the Circus by H. Loxton, 1997. (has many poster images)
Freak
Show : Sideshow Banner Art by C. Hammer, G. Bosker, 1996.
Freaks,
Geeks and Strange Girls : Sideshow Banners of the Great American Midway
by R. Johnson, J. Secreto, T. Varndell, 1996.
DANISH
POSTER BOOKS
Danish
Posters Nineteen Hundred Ten to Nineteen Forty by Victoria Dailey, Steve
Turner, 1988.
GENERAL
POSTER HISTORY & COLLECTING BOOKS
Cocoa
and Corsets : A Selection of Late Victorian and Edwardian Posters and
Showcards by M. Jubb, 1996.
Victorian
Posters by L. Freeman, 1969.
The
Golden Age of the Poster by H. Cirker, 1975.
Miller's
Collecting Prints & Posters by J. Gleason,L. Martin, R. Barclay,
1997.
GERMAN
POSTER BOOKS
Progressive
German Graphics : 1900-1937 by L. Cabarga, 1994.
Art
of the Third Reich by P. Adam, 1992.
Art
and Politics in the Weimar Period :The New Sobriety, 1917-1933 by J.
Willett, 1996.
Alle
Kunstler : War-Revolution-Weimar : German Expressionist Prints, Drawings,
Posters and Periodicals from the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation by Ida
Katherine Rigby, 1983.
GRAPHIC
DESIGN BOOKS (also see world of art series below)
The
Power of the Poster by Margaret Timmers (Editor)
A
History of Graphic Design by P. Meggs, A. Miller, 1997.
British
Modern : Graphic Design Between theWars by L. Filli, S. Heller, 1998.
Deco
Type : Stylish Alphabets of the '20s & '30s by S. Heller, L. Fili,
1997.
Dutch
Graphic Design : 1918-1945 by Alston W. Purvis, 1997.
Dutch
Moderne : Graphic Design from De Stijl to Deco. S. Heller, L. Fili,
1994.
Graphic
Design in the Mechanical Age : Selections from the Merrill C. Berman
Collection by Deborah Rothschild, Ellen Lupton, Darra Goldstein, Williams
college
French
Modern : Art Deco Graphic Design (Chronicle's Art Deco Design Series
, Vol 5) by S. Heller, L. Fili, 1997.
Graphic
Design of the Deco Espana: Twenties and Thirties.by S. Heller, L. Fili,
1997.
Italian
Art Deco : Graphic Design Between theWars by S. Heller, L. Fili, 1993.
Japanese
Modern : Graphic Design Between the Wars by J. Fraser, S. Heller, S.
Chwast, 1996.
Streamline
: American Art Deco Graphic Design by S. Heller, L. Fili, 1995.
Early
Modernism : Swiss & Austrian Trademarks 1920-1950 by J. Mendenhall,
1997.
ILLUSTRATORS:
SPECIFIC BOOKS
Famous
American Illustrators by Rotovision Sa, 1998.
James
Montgomery Flagg : Uncle Sam and Beyond by N. Steward, 1997.
Nine
Pioneers in American Graphic Design by R.R. Remington, B. J. Hodik,1989.
Lester
Beall : Trailblazer of American Graphic Design by R.R. Remington,1996.
The
Beggarstaff Posters : The Work of James Pryde and William Nicholson
by C. Campbell, 1993.
Will
Bradley : His Graphic Art by Will Bradley, C. Hornung, 1974.
Will
H. Bradley : A Bibliographical Guide by A. Bambace (Compiler), 1995.
Will
H. Bradley : A Reference Guide by A. Bambace, 1995.
Cassandre
: Les Maitres De L'Affiche by A. Weill, 1996.
Posters
of Jules Cheret : 46 Full-Color Plates & and Illustrated Catalogue
Risonne by Jules Cheret: Lucy Broido, 1992.
One
Hundred Posters of Paul Colin by Paul Colin, 1977.
The
J. C. Leyendecker Collection : American Illustrators Poster Book, Steine,
1995.
Mucha
: 6 Posters, 1996.
Mucha
Poster Postcards in Full Color by Alphonse Maria Mucha
Maxfield
Parrish : The-Poster-Book by Alma Gilbert,1994.
The
Maxfield Parrish Poster Book by Maurice Sendak, 1974.
Penfield
Poster Postcards/24 Full-Color Cards, Two for Each Month of the Year
(Dover Postcard Books) by Edward Penfield
The
Best of Norman Rockwell : A Celebration of 100 Years,T. Rockwell, 1995.
Ben
Shahn : New Deal Artist in a Cold War Climate, 1947-1954 (American Studies)
by Frances K. Pohl, 1989.
Ben
Shahn : Artist's Artist, People's Painter by H. Greenfeld, Ben Shahn,
1998.
Egon
Schiele : 6 Posters, 1996.
Between
Worlds : The Autobiography of Leo Lionni by Leo Lionni, 1997.
Jessie
Willcox Smith : American Illustrator by E. Nudelman, 1990.
Great
Lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec : 89 Plates,Including 8 in Full Color
by T.Griepp, M.Donson, Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, M. Griepp, 1984.
INDUSTRIAL
DESIGN BOOKS
Design
(Crash Course Series),by T. Hauffe,1996.
Design
Since 1945 (World of Art) by P. Dormer, 1993.
Industrial
Design (World of Art) by J. Heskett, 1985.
Raymond
Loewy (Design Heroes) by P. Jodard, R. N. M. McAusland, 1992.
Henry
Dreyfuss, Industrial Designer : The Man in the Brown Suit by R. Flinchum,
S. Marcus, 1997.
MAITRE
DE L'AFFICHE
The
Complete Masters of the Poster : All 256 Color Plates from Les Maitred
De L'Affiche (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) by S. Appelbaum (Ed),
B. Cirker, 1990.
Masters
of the Posters 1896-1900 : Les Maitres Del'Affiche by R. Marx (Ed),
1997.
MILITARY,
WAR, PROTEST AND PROPAGANDA BOOKS
Images
of War : British Posters, 1939-45 by J. Cantwell, 1989.
Persuasive
Images : Posters of War and Revolution from the Hoover Institution Archives
by P. Paret, B. Irwin Lewis,1993.
Shouts
from the Wall : Posters and Photographs Brought Home from the Spanish
Civil War by American Volunteers by C. Nelson, 1996.
Echoes
of Distant Thunder : Life in the United States, 1914-1918 by Edward
Robb Ellis, 1996. note: excellentWW1 history book, but not poster
related
The
First World War in Posters, from the Imperial War Museum, London by
J. Darracott,1974.
Design
for Victory : World War II Posters on the American Home Front by H.
Rubenstein, W. Bird, 1998.
Both
Sides of Peace : Israeli and Palestinian Political Poster Art by Dana
Bartelt (Editor), Contemporary Art Museum
MOVIE
POSTER BOOKS
Crime
Scenes; Movie Poster Art of the Film Noir: The Classic Period, 1941-1959
by Lawrence Bassoff
Academy
Award Winners' Movie Posters by B. Herschenson, 1997.
Collecting
Movie Posters : An Illustrated Reference Guide to Movie Art-Posters,
Press Kits, and Lobby Cards by E. Poole, S. Poole,1997
Cartoon
Movies Posters by B. Hershenson, 1997.
The
Disney Poster : The Animated Film Classics (Disney Miniature Series)
Cowboy
Movie Posters by B. Hershenson, 1997.
Crime
Movie Posters by R. Allen (Compiler), B. Hershenson, 1997.
Errol
Flynn : The Movie Posters by L. Bassoff, S. Granger (Intro), 1995.
Film
Posters of the 60s : The Essential Movies of the Decade : From the Reel
Poster Gallery Collection by Nourmand (Ed), Marsh (Ed),1998.
Film
Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde by Susan Pack, 1996.
German
Film Posters, 1895-1945 (FilmTelevision-Sound Archives Series, Vol 3)by
B. Stach, H. Morsbach (Editor), 1992.
Movie
Posters of the Silent Film Era by R. Schneider, C. Buchman, 1983.
Poster
Art from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema/Carteles De LA Epoca De Oro
Del Cine Mexicano by R. Agrasanchez, 1998.
Warren's
Movie Poster Price Guide : Movie Poster by Jon R. Warren
Reel
Art : Great Posters from the Golden Age of the Silver Screen,1992.
A
Separate Cinema : Fifty Years of Black-Cast Posters by J. Kisch, E.
Mapp,1992.
Sports
Movie Posters (Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters) by B.
Hershenson, 1997.
Stenberg
Brothers : Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design by C. Mount, P.
Kenez. 1997.
OLYMPIC
POSTERS
The
Olympic Images : The First 100 Years by Wei Yew (Compiler), 1997.
PIN
UP AND PULP ART RELATED BOOKS
Pin-Up
Poster Book : The Elvgren Collection by Marianne Ohl Phillips, 1995.
Petty
: The Classic Pin-Up Art of George Petty by G. Petty, R S. Austin, 1997.
Pulp
Art : Original Paintings by R. Lesser, R. Reed, 1997.
Varga
by T. Robotham, 1995.
Pin-Up
Poster Book : The Billy Edvorss Collection by M. Allan Collins, 1998.
Pin-Up
Poster Book : The Edward Runci Collection,C.Martinette, L. Meisel, 1997.
POLISH
POSTER BOOKS
Contemporary
Polish Posters in Full Color by J.Czestochowski, ed. 1980.
PRINTING
AND LITHOGRAPHY: history and technique
Five
Hundred Years of Printing by S. H. Steinberg, J. Trevitt, 1996.
An
Introduction to the History of Printing Types : An Illustrated Summary
of the Main Stages in the Development of Type Design from 1440 Up to
the present by G. Dowding, 1998.
The
Visible Word : Experimental Typography and Modern Art, 1909-1923 by
Johanna Drucker, 1994.
Women
in Printing : Northern California, 1857-1890 by R. Levenson, 1994.
Wood
Type and Printing Collectibles by Robert P. Long, 1980.
Intersections
: Lithography, Photography, and theTraditions of Printmaking (Tamarind
Papers, Vol.17)by Kathleen Stewart Howe (Ed.), 1998.
Catalogue
of an Exhibition of the Art of Lithography by Cleveland Museum of Art,
1985.
ROCK
POSTER BOOKS
The
Art of Rock : Posters from Presley to Punk, by Grushkin, J. Sievert
1993.
The
Art of the Fillmore : The Poster Series 1966-1971 by G. Lemke,1997.
Rock
Art : Cds, Albums & Posters (Library of Applied Design) by S. Drate,
1994.
RUSSIAN
POSTER BOOKS
Building
the Collective: Soviet Graphic Design 1917-1937: The Merrill C. Berman
Collection, L. Dickerman, Ed. 1996.
The
Bolshevik Poster by S. White, 1990.
Iconography
of Power : Soviet Political Posters Under Lenin and Stalin,V. Bonnell,
1997.
Film
Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde by Susan Pack, 1996.
Stenberg
Brothers : Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design by C. Mount, P.
Kenez. 1997.
WPA,
DEPRESSION ERA, NEW DEAL AND RELATED HISTORY
A
Nation in Torment : The Great American Depression 1929-1939, by Edward
Robb Ellis, 1995.note:
excellent WPA era history book, but not poster related
Survivor
from a Dead Age : The Memoirs of Louis Lozowick by V. Hagelstein Marquardt,
M. Brown, 1997.
My
Art, My Life : An Autobiography by Diego Rivera, G. March, reprint 1960.
Posters
of the WPA, by C. Denoon 1987.
WPA
Art in Michigan (Great Lakes Books) by Ruby Christine Nelson, 1990.
The
Great Depression : America in the 1930s by T. H. Watkins, 1993.
Confessions
of a Depression Muralist by Frank W. Long, 1997.
Making
of the New Deal by Katie Louchheim,F. Freidel, 1994.
The
New Deal Fine Arts Projects : A Bibliography, 1933-1992 by M.Kalfatovic,1994.
Ben
Shahn : New Deal Artist in a Cold War Climate, 1947-1954 (American Studies)
by F. Pohl, 1989.
Ben
Shahn : Artist's Artist, People's Painter by H. Greenfeld, Ben Shahn,
1998.
A
New Deal for the Arts by B. Bustard, 1997.
New
Deal for American Art in Federal Buildings (Series 1, Set No. 3), 1987.
New
Deal for American Art in Federal Buildings (Series 1, Set No. 4), 1987.
A
New Deal for American Art in Federal Buildings, 1935-1943 (Federal Art
: Portrait of the Nation/Set No 2), 1987.
Tradition
and Innovation in New Deal Art by B.Contreras, 1984.
Women
Artists of the New Deal Era by Helen A. Harrison, 1988.
Engendering
Culture : Manhood and Womanhood in the New Deal Public Art and Theater
(New Directions in American Art) by Barbara Melsoh,1991.
Wall-To-Wall
America : A Cultural History of Post-Office Murals in the Great Depression
by Karal Ann Marlin, 1982.
A
Simple and Vital Design : The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
by J. Carlisle, D. Jones (Photographer), 1995.
Coit
Tower, San Francisco, Its History and Art by M. Zakheim Jewett, D. Beatty,
1989.
Depression
Post Office Murals and Southern Culture : A Gentle Reconstruction by
Sue Bridwell Beckham, 1989.
WORLDS
FAIR GENERAL HISTORY
World's
Fair Collectibles : Chicago, 1933 and New York, 1939 (Schiffer Book
for Collectors) by H. M. Rossen
1964-1965
NY Worlds Fair Collectibles with Values by Joyce Grant (Photographer)
The
New York World's Fair, 1939/1940 in 155 Photographs by R. Wurts,1978.
All
the World's a Fair : Visions of Empire at American InternationalExpositions,
1876-1916 by R. Rydell, 1987.
1939
: The Lost World of the Fair by D. Gelernter, 1995.
From
the Palaces to the Pike : Visions of the 1904 World's Fair by T. Fox,
D. Sneddeker, 1997.
Grand
Illusions : Chicago's World's Fair of 1893 by N. Harris (Editor), W.
De Wit, J. Gilbert,R. Rydell, 1993.
Revisiting
the White City : American Art at the 1893 World's Fair by C. Kinder
Carr (Ed.), G. Gurney, 1993.
Patchwork
Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair/the Sears National Quilt Contest
and Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition by M. Waldvogel, B. Brackman,1993.
A
World on Display 1904 : Photographs from the St. Louis World's Fair
by E. Breitbart, 1997.
World's
Fair by E.L. Doctorow, 1994.(novel about the 1939 NY world's fair)
World's
Fair Notes : A Woman Journalist Views Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition
by Marian Shaw, 1992.
The
Architectural Drawings of Alvar Aalto1917-1939: Tallinn Art Museum,Finnish
Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair in NY,by Alvar Aalto, G. Schildt,
1994.
The
Fair Women : The Story of the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition,
Chicago, 1893,by Jeanne Madeline Weimann,1981.
The
Great American Fair : The World's Columbia Exposition and American Culture
by R. Badger, 1979.
Hi,
Ho, Come to the Fair : Tales of the NY World's Fair of 1964-1965 by
B. Nicholson, 1990.
History
of the World's Fair : Being a Complete and Authentic Description of
the Columbian Exposition from Its Inception by B. Cummings Truman, 1976.
'Indescribably
Grand' : Diaries & Letters from the 1904 World's Fair by Martha
R. Clevenger (Ed.), 1996.
WORLD
OF ART SERIES (we think they are great value and reference)
Art
Deco (World of Art) by Alastair Duncan, 1988.
Art
Nouveau (The World of Art) by Alastair Duncan.,1994.
Arts
and Crafts Movement (World of Art) by Elizabeth Cumming,1991.
Bauhaus
(World of Art) by F. Whitford, 1984.
Charles
Rennie MacKintosh (World of Art) by A. Crawford, 1995.
Design
Since 1945 (World of Art) by P. Dormer, 1993.
Futurism
(World of Art) by Caroline Tisdale, A. Bozollo,1985.
Graphic
Design : A Concise History (World of Art) by R. Hollis, 1985.
The History of Film (World of Art) by D. Parkinson,
1991.
Industrial
Design (World of Art) by J. Heskett, 1985.
Photomontage
(World of Art) by Dawn Ades, 1986.
The
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers (World
of Art) by A. Livingston, Isabella Livingston, 1992.
Toulouse-Lautrec
(World of Art) by B. Denvir, 1991.
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