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Good poster books are hard to find! They go out of print fast, and are rarely reprinted. We try to keep the best titles in stock, but the list is always changing. For example, reference books on Mucha and Cassandre have disappeared, as has Rawls classic on WWI posters.

We find odd copies of many titles, so check our list frequently. Or call us if you are trying to locate something, and we’ll notify you when we get copies.

All titles are hardcover with text in English except where noted.
Dimensions are to the nearest half inch.

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General Books on Posters
	Timeless Images, by Jack Rennert. 1984 poster exhibition in Japan. Excellent survey of the international masterpieces of decorative poster art. 167 color plates. 9 x 11 inches. In English and Japanese, with informative text on each poster. Softcover. $48.
	A History of Graphic Design, by Philip B. Meggs. Third edition. The leading textbook in the field, from the invention of writing to today's identity programs and computer graphics. More than 1300 illustrations, 100 in color; 508 pages. 9 x 11 inches. $60
	L'Affiche Dans Le Monde, by Alain Weill. Revised edition. Considered by many the foremost survey of the history of the poster, with 400 pages and over 650 plates, many in color. Extensive biographies of leading poster artists. 9 x 10 inches. Text in French. Out of print, last copies. Call for price.
	Plakat Kunst, by Jurgen Doring. Excellent survey from the Cologne Design Museum of poster art from Toulouse-Lautrec to Benetton. Over 300 color plates, 224 pages. Text in German. 9 1/2 x 12 inches. $65	NEW!

[ top ] Italian Posters
	Il Manifesto Italiano, by Luigi Menegazzi. Sumptuous survey of Italian posters from 1895 to 1940 from the curator of the world-leading Salce Collection. 274 illustrations in color. 10 x 11 inches. In Italian. Last copies of the spectacular second edition. Call for price.
	I Manifesti Mele, by Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa. Exhaustive 1991 exhibit catalogue for the elegant poster series for the Mele department store from 1890 through 1915. 307 illustrations, 70 in color. 9 x 10.5 inches. In Italian. Softcover. $65.
	Italian Art Deco: Graphic Design between the Wars, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. Pioneering study of this much neglected field with more than 500 designs, most in color. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $17.
	Il Mare di Dudovich, edited by Ferruccio Farini. Beautiful catalogue for the 1991 exhibit in Rimini of Dudovich's posters, paintings and designs featuring the ocean and summer resorts. 137 pages. 9 x 9 1/2 inches. In Italian. Softcover. $35.
	Grafica Pubblicitaria in Italia negli Anni Trenta, by Giuseppe Priarone. This 1989 study focuses on the poster art of the 30's in Italy, a period of intense experimentation. Excellent biographies of the leading artists, including Nizzoli, Dudovich, Martinati, Riccobaldi, Veronesi, Sironi, and others. 160 plates in color. 8 x 9 inches. In Italian. Softcover. $30.
	Depero Casa d'Arte Futurista, by Maurizio Scudiero. Design for every aspect of modern life is celebrated in this volume on the leading Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero. Over 150 color plates of magazine covers, posters, clothing, stage design, tapestries and furniture are included in this study by the preeminent Depero scholar. 8 x 9 inches. In Italian. Softcover. $30.
	Le Sirene dell'Adriatico 1850 - 1950, by Ferruccio Farina. Wonderful catalogue from the 1995 exhibit featuring the history of tourism on the Adriatic as seen through the eyes of poster artists. 102 plates in color, 109 pages. Softcover. 9 x 12 inches. In Italian. $38.
[ top ] French Posters
	Posters of the Belle Epoque: The Wine Spectator Collection, by Jack Rennert. The most sumptuous volume on the birth of the poster in Paris and the decade in which the boulevards became the "art gallery of the street." 220 color illustrations from Marvin Shanken’s collection of Cheret, Mucha, Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Privat Livemont, Cappiello and others. 10 x 13 inches. New 2nd edition. $75
	French Opera Posters 1868 - 1930, by Lucy Broido. Thorough study of the field, complete with 53 illustrations, 32 in color. 9 x 12 inches. Softcover. $15.	OUT OF PRINT!
	The Complete "Masters of the Poster," edited by Stanley Applebaum. All 256 plates from the famous 1896 - 1900 series commemorating the best posters of the age in book plate size. 9 x 12 inches. Softcover, in English. $45.
	The Posters of Jules Cheret, by Lucy Broido. Catalogue raisonne of the father of the poster - 1069 posters in all. 128 pages with 246 plates, 46 in full color. 9 x 12 inches. Softcover. $20.
	A. M. Cassandre, edited byTokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. Catalog from the 1991 Tokyo exhibition, "Posters - the Heroic Master, Cassandre" which traces the career of the great Art Deco designer Cassandre. 138 pages with 145 plates, 126 in full color. 9 x 11 inches. Out of print. Softcover. $50.	NEW!
	Loupot: L'Art de L'Affiche, by Christophe Zagrodzki. New catalog raisonne of 120+ posters by the greatest colorist of the Art Deco period. 8 x 11 inches. In French. $45. 138 pages with 145 plates, 126 in full color. 9 x 11 inches. Out of print. Softcover. $50.	NEW!
	French Modern: Art Deco Graphic Design by Steven Heller and Loise Fili. A new addition to Heller and the series on Art Deco design, here focusing on French design in the '20s and '30s. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $18
[ top ] Swiss and Dutch Posters

	Dutch Graphic Design: A Century, by Kees Broos and Paul Hefting. Scholarly volume on the development of Dutch graphic design from 1893 onward. More than 600 images in color. 9.5" x 13 inches. Softcover. $38.
	Dutch Moderne: Graphic Design from De Stijl to Deco, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. Fine text on a long neglected field.More than 500 rarely seen plates, most in color. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $17.
	R.N. Roland Holst, by Mieke Rijnders. Exhibition catalogue of Roland Holst's posters and related work. 15 color plates. Primarily in Dutch with summary in English. Softcover. $22.
	Johann Georg Van Caspel, by Peter van Dam. Exhibition catalogue of Van Caspel's posters and related work. 34 color plates of all of his posters plus many images in B & W. Primarily in Dutch. Softcover. $20.
	Das Plakat in der Schweiz by Rotzler et al. Invaluable 1991 survey of the Swiss poster including nearly 400 biographies. 270 pages with over 600 color photographs. Beautifully printed. 10 x 13 inches. In German. Hard to find. Call for price.
	Herbert Leupin, by Karl Luond and Charles Leupin. Long awaited volume on the most celebrated post-war poster artist of Switzerland. Winner of more than 80 Swiss Poster of the Year awards, Leupin produced hundreds of product advertising masterpieces with wit, simplicity and beauty. Several hundred color plates; 316 pages. 9 1/2 x 12 inches. In German. $95.
	Word + Image: Swiss Poster Design 1955 - 1997, by Frank Nunoo-Quarcoo and Cynthia M. Wayne. Excellent catalogue from the University of Maryland featuring the work of 30 Swiss graphic designers. The book was published with 3 different covers, one each designed by Tissi, Monguzzi and Weingart.Informative essays with interviews of the three aforementioned artists. Softcover, 30 color plates; 94 pages. 6 x 9 inches. $20.
[ top ] Russian and Soviet Posters

	Russian Poster of World War I Complete volume on the Russian posters in World War I, broken down by year..Essay in Russian and English. 120 pages. 9 x 12 inches. Hardcover. $35.	NEW!
	The Bolshevik Poster, by Stephen White. First in-depth study in English of Soviet Revolutionary and Civil War posters from 1917 to 1921. Fascinating, scholarly text supplemented by many color plates. 152 pages. 9 x 11 inches. Softcover. $30.
	Defining Russian Graphic Arts - From Diaghilev to Stalin 1898 - 1934, by . Catalogue from the 1996 Columbia University exhibit of Soviet political posters from a world-leading collection. xxxxOver 100 plates in color, with excellent biographies of the artists.186 pages. 8 x 11 inches. Softcover. Last copies. $35.	NEW!
	Building the Collective: Soviet Graphic Design 1917 - 1937, edited by Leah Dickerman. Catalogue from the 1996 Columbia University exhibit of Soviet political posters from a world-leading collection. Over 100 plates in color, with excellent biographies of the artists.186 pages. 8 x 11 inches. Softcover. Last copies. $35.
	Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde, by Susan Pack. Beautiful color volume on 250 of the best Soviet film posters of the '20s and '30s, many published for the first time. Invaluable for poster and film buffs alike. Brief but excellent text, with notes on each film. 315 pages. 10 x 13 inches. In English, French, and German. (Unfortunately, covers warp over time due to a binding problem. Still worth it!) Last copies. $50.
	Grafica Russa 1917 -1930, edited by Maria Luigi Vallechi, editor. Spectacular private collection of Bolshevik posters featured in a 1990 museum exhibit in Florence, Italy. One of the first shows devoted to early Soviet poster propaganda after Perestroika. 192 pages, approximately 200 images, many in color. 8 x 12 inches. In Italian. Softcover, out of print. $55.
	Meyerhold, edited by Maria Luigi Vallechi, editor. Spectacular volume on the history of the Avant Garde theatre director Meyerhold 192 pages, approximately 200 images, many in color. 8 x 12 inches. In Italian. Softcover, out of print. $55.	NEW!
[ top ] British and American Posters
	The Beggarstaff Posters, by Colin Campbell. The recent definitive study of the collaborative work of Pryde and Nicholson, whose revolutionary work in the 1890s was to have a decisive influence on the art of the poster. 12 color plates; 65 B & W. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. $25.
	Designed to Sell: Turn-of-the-Century American Posters, by Frederick R. Brandt. The catalog from the 1994 exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, complete with two excellent essays. 24 color plates; 137 B & W. 120 pages with bibliography and index. Paperback. 9 x 11 inches. $35.
	Posters American Style, by Therese Thau Heyman. This handsome book accompanied the 1998 exhibit at the National Museum of Art at the Smithsonian. Featuring 141 full color illustrations, it draws from every aspect of American advertising, from sports, causes, war, products and events. 192 pages, 9 x 12 inches. $35.
	Streamline: American Art Deco Graphic Design, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. America's unique Deco style is the subject of this excellent survey, featuring several hundred images with most in color. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $17.
	The American Billboard 100 Years, by James Fraser. This delightful book shows many of the best billboards which have graced the American landscape since the turn of the century. Carefully researched by a leading authority in the field, the book is a fascinating look at American culture and graphic design. 192 pages, about 165 plates mostly in color. 11 1/2 x 8 inches. Softcover. $25.
	British Modern: Graphic Design Between the Wars, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. This book is the first to focus on the Art Deco period in Britain, show- casing the influences of Futurism, Cubism, and Vorticism on British graphic design. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $19
[ top ] Spanish Posters
	Cataluna en 1000 Carteles, by Jordi & Arnau Carulla. First volume of images from the largest private collection of Spanish posters in the world. One thousand images in color. Hardcover 10 x 14 inches. In Spanish.$160.00
	Espana En 1000 Carteles, by Jordi & Arnau Carulla Second volume of images from the largest private collection of Spanish posters in the world. One thousand images of festivals, bullfights, expositions and travel in color. 10 x 14 inches. In Spanish. $160.00
	Espana En 2000 Carteles, by Jordi & Arnau Carulla Second volume of images from the largest private collection of Spanish posters in the world. One thousand images of festivals, bullfights, expositions and travel in color. 10 x 14 inches. In Spanish. $160.00
	Guerra Civil en 2000 Carteles, Jordi & Arnau Carulla Two volume set of Spanish Civil War images.10 x 14 inches. In Spanish. $240.00
	Deco Espana: Graphic Design of the Twenties and Thirties, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. Excellent introduction to the unique Art Deco style of Spain, which was shaped by a rapidly industrialized society and an era of political strife. 132 pages, with several hundred designs with most in color. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $18.
[ top ] German and Austrian Posters
	Kunst! Kommerz! Visionen! Deutsche Plakate 1888 - 1933. The rediscovered Hans Sachs collection of German posters - considered by many the greatest ever assembled. 198 illustrations in color. 10 x 12 inches. In German. Last copies. Call.
	Ludwig Hohlwein, by Volker Duvigneau and Norbert Gotz. Much awaited in-depth study of the designs and advertisements of the towering Munich posterist. 9 x 11 3/4 inches. 295 pages with 345 color photos. In German. $95.
	German Modern - Graphic Design from Wilhelm to Weimar, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. An excellent book on the remarkable flowering of commercial design in Germany from 1905 through the twenties. Heller explains the complex roots of modernism and the leading role of German industry and culture. Several hundred designs, most in color. 8 x 9 inches. In English. Softcover. $19.	NEW!
	�sterreichische Plakat Kunst 1898 - 1938, by Bernard Denscher. The definitive work on Austrian posters. 380 illustrations with 238 in color. 9 x 11 inches. In German. Last copies. Call..
[ top ] War and Propaganda Posters

	Persuasive Images: Posters of War and Revolution from the Hoover Institution Archives, by Paret, Lewis, and Paret. Beautifully illustrated volume on propaganda posters from all over the world with equal emphasis on historical and artistic significance. 312 color plates, 9 x 12 inches. $50.
	Hoffnung und Widerstand, by Bruno Margadant This remarkable book offers over 500 color images from the Margadant collection of war and propaganda posters recently featured in an exhibit at the Zurich Design museum. It contains many rare images from conflict all over the world. A must for collectors of thsi genre. German text. 300 pages. 9 x 12. Call for price.	NEW
	Design for Victory, by William Bird, Jr. and Harry R. Rubenstein Over 150 color images highlight the role of the poster in everyday American life during World War II. Some images, taken from the Smithsonian, have never been published before. 8 x 9. Softcover. $18	NEW
	Russian Poster of World War I Complete volume on the Russian posters in World War I, broken down by year. Essay in Russian and English. 120 pages. 9 x 12 inches. Hardcover. $35.	NEW!
	The Bolshevik Poster, by Stephen White. First in-depth study in English of Soviet Revolutionary and Civil War posters from 1917 to 1921. Fascinating, scholarly text supplemented by many color plates. 152 pages. 9 x 11 inches. Softcover. $30.
	Building the Collective: Soviet Graphic Design 1917 - 1937, edited by Leah Dickerman. Catalogue from the 1996 Columbia University exhibit of Soviet political posters from a world-leading collection. Over 100 plates in color, with excellent biographies of the artists.186 pages. 8 x 11 inches. Softcover. Last copies. $40.
	Guerra Civil en 2000 Carteles, Jordi & Arnau Carulla Two volume set of Spanish Civil War images.10 x 14 inches. In Spanish. $240.00
[ top ] Art Nouveau
	Posters of the Belle Epoque: The Wine Spectator Collection, by Jack Rennert. The most sumptuous volume on the birth of the poster in Paris and the decade in which the boulevards became the "art gallery of the street." 220 color illustrations from Marvin Shanken’s collection of Cheret, Mucha, Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Privat Livemont, Cappiello and others. 10 x 13 inches. Last copies. Call for price.
	French Opera Posters 1868 - 1930, by Lucy Broido. Thorough study of the field, complete with 53 illustrations, 32 in color. 9 x 12 inches. Softcover. $15.	OUT OF PRINT!
	The Complete "Masters of the Poster," edited by Stanley Applebaum. All 256 plates from the famous 1896 - 1900 series commemorating the best posters of the age in book plate size. 9 x 12 inches. Softcover, in English. $45.
	The Posters of Jules Cheret, by Lucy Broido. Catalogue raisonne of the father of the poster - 1069 posters in all. 128 pages with 246 plates, 46 in full color. 9 x 12 inches. Softcover. $20.
	Il Manifesto Italiano, by Luigi Menegazzi. Sumptuous survey of Italian posters from 1895 to 1940 from the curator of the world-leading Salce Collection. 274 illustrations in color. 10 x 11 inches. In Italian. Last copies of the spectacular second edition. Call for price.
	I Manifesti Mele, by Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa. Exhaustive 1991 exhibit catalogue for the elegant poster series for the Mele department store from 1890 through 1915. 307 illustrations, 70 in color. 9 x 10.5 inches. In Italian. Softcover. $65.
	Designed to Sell: Turn-of-the-Century American Posters, by Frederick R. Brandt. The catalog from the 1994 exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, complete with two excellent essays. 24 color plates; 137 B & W. 120 pages with bibliography and index. Paperback. 9 x 11 inches. $35.
	R.N. Roland Holst, by Mieke Rijnders. Exhibition catalogue of Roland Holst's posters and related work. 15 color plates. Primarily in Dutch with summary in English. Softcover. $22.
	Johann Georg Van Caspel, by Peter van Dam. Exhibition catalogue of Van Caspel's posters and related work. 34 color plates of all of his posters plus many images in B & W. Primarily in Dutch. Softcover. $20.
[ top ] Art Deco
	A. M. Cassandre, edited byTokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. Catalog from the 1991 Tokyo exhibition, "Posters - the Heroic Master, Cassandre" which traces the career of the great Art Deco designer Cassandre. 138 pages with 145 plates, 126 in full color. 9 x 11 inches. Out of print. Softcover. $50.	NEW!
	Loupot: L'Art de L'Affiche, by Christophe Zagrodzki. New catalog raisonne of 120+ posters by the greatest colorist of the Art Deco period. 8 x 11 inches. In French. $45. 138 pages with 145 plates, 126 in full color. 9 x 11 inches. Out of print. Softcover. $50.	NEW!
	Grafica Pubblicitaria in Italia negli Anni Trenta, by Giuseppe Priarone. This 1989 study focuses on the poster art of the 30's in Italy, a period of intense experimentation. Excellent biographies of the leading artists, including Nizzoli, Dudovich, Martinati, Riccobaldi, Veronesi, Sironi, and others. 160 plates in color. 8 x 9 inches. In Italian. Softcover. $30.
	Depero Casa d'Arte Futurista, by Maurizio Scudiero. Design for every aspect of modern life is celebrated in this volume on the leading Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero. Over 150 color plates of magazine covers, posters, clothing, stage design, tapestries and furniture are included in this study by the preeminent Depero scholar. 8 x 9 inches. In Italian. Softcover. $30.
	Streamline: American Art Deco Graphic Design, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. America's unique Deco style is the subject of this excellent survey, featuring several hundred images with most in color. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $17.
	British Modern: Graphic Design Between the Wars, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. This book is the first to focus on the Art Deco period in Britain, show- casing the influences of Futurism, Cubism, and Vorticism on British graphic design. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $19
	Deco Espana: Graphic Design of the Twenties and Thirties, by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. Excellent introduction to the unique Art Deco style of Spain, which was shaped by a rapidly industrialized society and an era of political strife. 132 pages, with several hundred designs with most in color. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $18.
	Japanese Modern: Graphic Design Between the Wars, by James Fraser, Steven Heller and Seymour Chwast. This book is the first to focus on the merging of Eastern and Western influences during the rise of the modern industrial state in Japan. 8 x 9 inches. Softcover. $17
[ top ] Other Subjects - Travel, Women, Sport and More
	L'Invitation au Voyage, by Alain Weill. Every category of tourist posters from around the world. 200 pages; most images in color. 8.5 x 10 inches. In French. $45.
	All Aboard! Images from the Golden Age of Rail Travel, by Lynn Johnson and Michael O'Leary. A history of the rail from the early 1900s to the 1950s, evoking all its glamour and excitement through posters and photographs. With sections on 1930s travel, World War II, British rail, the Canadian Pacific, the Orient Express, and collecting rail images. 131 pages, with color illustrations. 8 x 8.75 inches. Softcover. $17.	NEW!
	Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age, by Rothschild, Lupton and Goldstein. Catalog from the spectacular traveling exhibition from the Merrill Berman Collection currently at Williams College. The book explores the revolution in graphic design beginning with Futurism, Dada and Constructivism. Excellent text, with many images not easily seen elsewhere. 206 pages; more than 200 images mostly in color. 9 x 11 inches. $60.	NEW!
	Montage and Modern Life 1919 - 1942, edited by Matthew Teitelbaum. Catalog of the 1992 exhibition which explored the development of photomontage techniques in the U.S., Germany and the Soviet Union in the '20s and '30s. 208 pages, 115 illustrations. Softcover. 8 x 10 inches. $16.
	Sportissimo, by Francoise and Serge Laget Enjoy the exciting world of sports through this survey featuring 400 color illustrations of everything from car racing to golf. 200 pages. 8 1/4 x 9 1/2. Hardcover. In French. $45	NEW
	La Femme S'Affiche, by Eric Kellenberger Catalog from the spectaucular 1990 Montreux exhibition chronicling the role of women in poster art from 1843-1990. 64 pages with 210 plates, 87 in full color. 9.5 x 9.5 inches. Softcover. In French. $30.	NEW
	Negripub: L'Image des Noirs dans la publicite, by Raymond Bachollet et al. A fascinating study of the image of blacks in French advertising during the last 100 years. Over 200 pages with 300 illustrations. 8 x 9.5 inches. Softcover. In French. $48.
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