THE COSMOLOGIAL EYE: New Diretions
1939
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Leaving
off the title and author from the front of the jacket was a radial, if dangerous,
idea in1939
JACKETS REQUIRED An History of Amerian Book Jacket Design1920-1950
: Steven Heller / Seymour Chwast
757.2 / H51-4
published by Chronicle Books
1995 by Steven Heller and Seymour Chwast |
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THE CASE OF THE BLACK-EYED BLONDE: Grasset & Dunlap
1944
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Illustrated
with a sensational painting of a victimized woman, this jacket, like other Perry
Mason classics, sells on sex appeal.
JACKETS REQUIRED An History of Amerian Book Jacket Design1920-1950
: Steven Heller / Seymour Chwast
757.2 / H51-4
published by Chronicle Books
1995 by Steven Heller and Seymour Chwast |
LEAVE CANCELLED: Alfred A. Knopf
1945
Paul Rand |
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This
love story about a soldier's return to the front is unconventionally represented
with an angel/ cupid (representing love) and die cut "billet" holes
suggesting the book's wartime setting. Yet nothing about the design of this jacket
reveals the time period in which it was produced.
JACKETS REQUIRED An History of Amerian Book Jacket Design1920-1950
: Steven Heller / Seymour Chwast
757.2 / H51-4
published by Chronicle Books
1995 by Steven Heller and Seymour Chwast
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