The Twentieth Century Book: Its Illustration and Design
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1967. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #2332252
First edition. Jacket edges bumped with some tears, top edge of jacket reverse mended with tape. Top page ridge foxed.
270 pp. Over 460 magnificent and wide-ranging illustrations, of which 28 are in full colour and many more in two colours, supplement the knowledgeable and lively text. ...the author describes the changes and developments which have taken place in book design and illustration in Europe and the USA since the last years of the nineteenth century. He depicts the conflict of ideas which has persisted in the design of books since the 1880s, from the conflict between the art Nouveau movement and the followers of William Morris to the clash between the protagonists of die Neue Typographie in Germany and the supporters of the renaissance of printing in England and the United States. The central section of the book is devoted to book illustration, beginning with the influence of the French editions de luxe on American and British illustrated books, and showing the work of such artists as Bonnard, Segonzac, Dufy and Leger. A chapter on German Expressionist and Impressionist illustrators introduces the work of Slevogt, Kokoschka, Georg Grosz and Paul Klee, together with the Surrealist book illustrations of Max Ernst and his followers.A discussion of English and American traditional illustration is followed by a comparison of the wood engraving revivals in France and England. This is followed by a massive array of children's illustrated books... A final chapter tracing the development of the modern paperback and showing how its design has influenced the look of hardcover books...
Price: $30.00