Search Results: Graphic Design from Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA

Chicago, IL: Art Directors Club of Chicago. First edition. Hardcover. 108 pages. Brief essay by Leo Burnett. Includes black and white and some color illustrations. A very near fine copy in black cloth binding without dust jacket as issued. Apology card from publisher laid in. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC or anywhere else.

New York: Kurt H. Volk, Inc, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies. A collection of 27 loose typographic samples. The first is a statement about this production that includes publication information and an illustration of the letters K H V. The remaining 26 folded sheets each feature one letter. All of the sheets are in very near fine condition and are in an about fair folding box that has some soiling, wear and splitting along the spine. Still, a solid cop of this very attractive production.

New York: Advertising Arts, 1934. First edition. Softcover. Cover design by Joseph Binder. Includes articles by William Okie, Arthur Hirose, and Virginia Hammill. Includes numerous black and white images. A very good plus copy in spiral bound wrappers with a slit to the rear panel. A very nicely printed magazine on graphic arts, design and typography. Uncommon.

London: Laurence King Publishing, 2003. First edition. Softcover. 192 pages. A wide ranging examination of graphic design in America that looks at among others Alexey Brodovitch, Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Alvin Lustig and others. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A very near fine copy in French style wrappers.

New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press and The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 219 pages. Introduction by Phillip Dennis Cate, Text by editor Alla Rosenfeld and with additional contributions by Ekaterina Grishina, Elena Litovchenko, Elena Pliusnina, Janet Kennedy, Nina Gurianova, Elena Barkhatova, and Edward Kasinec. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Chicago, IL, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 96 pages. A look at some of the more attractive books from the previous year with a chapter as well on bookplates. Includes numerous color illustrations. A very near fine copy without dust jacket as issued.

Crans Pres Celigny, Switzerland: RotoVision, 1998. First edition. Softcover. A very near fine and tight copy in french wrappers.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1991. Later printing. Softcover. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A very near fine copy in French style wrappers.

Munchen: Bruckmann, 1958. Softcover. July 1958. Text in German and English. Highlights include: Edsor ties and scarfs ads, Westvaco's house organ, Photographs by Eugen Funk Drawings by Josef Nerud, Ads for Mercedes Benz, Commercial Graphic Art for Aftica and much more. A very good plus copy with creasing all over the covers, wear at all edges and corners, soiling to the rear cover, scattered foxing to the page edges, and the text on the spine label is missing.

Minneapols, MN and New York: Walker Art Center and Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1989. Second printing. Softcover. Foreword by Caroline Hightower. Introduction by Mildred Friedman. Essays by Joseph Giovannini, Neil Harris, Estelle Jussim, David Kunzle, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller and Lorraine Wild. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations along with interview of these designers by Steven Heller: Saul Bass, Aaron Burns, Matthew Carter, Ivan Chermayeff, Muriel Cooper, Milton Glaser, Richard and Robert Greenberg, April Grelman, Tibor Kalman, Alexander Liberman, Leo Lionni, Cipe Pineles, Paul Rand, Luis Silverstein, and Bradbury Thompson. A tight and clean very near fine copy in wrappers. A very good reference.

Minneapolis, MN and New York: Walker Art Center and Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 264 pages. Foreword by Caroline Hightower. Introduction by Mildred Friedman. Essays by Joseph Giovannini, Neil Harris, Estelle Jussim, Dvid Kunzle, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton and J. Abbot Miller, and Lorrain Wild. Features interviews by Steven Heller. Includes 390 illustrations of which 80 are in color. A near fine copy with a former owner signature to the half title page in a near fine dust jacket.

Chicago, IL: Richard G. Milford and Associates Inc, 1964. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. Fall 1964. Volume 6, Number 7. Articles include: Don't Let the Computer Cheat You by Ed Mayer, Be Objective in Direct Mail Design by Morton Goldsholl, Impaction Promotions - Philip Ross Company, You Are in the Direct Mail Business Too, Catalog Clinic - How to Improve Catalog Design, Paper Periscope - What Has Happened to Salesmanship, New Dimensions in Mechanical Binding, Trip of the Month - Buckley-Dement Advertising Corp., Chicagographics '65 New Yearbooks, How To Get the Most Out of an Envelope. Numerous period advertisements. A near fine copy with slight soiling to the white front cover and a slight crease to the rear cover.

Zurich: Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press, 1963. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features text in English, French and German. Illustrated throughout with the best advertising art of the year. Some of the designers/artists include: Saul Bass, Herbert Bayer, Ivan Chermayeff, Antonio Frasconi, Louis Danzinger, Milton Flaser, Yusaku Kamekura, Heinz Looser, Tadanori Yokoo, Max Yavno, and many more. A near fine copy in cloth boards and from the library of the Visual Studies Workshop with their rubberstamp to the front free endpaper and some other minor wear but otherwise free of marks and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear.

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Text in English, German and French. Some of the articles include: Graphic Design and Editorial Art in Brazil, Mobil- an oil company as a patron of the arts, 1st Brazillian Film Poster Contest. Includes work by: Hermenegildo Sabat, Robert Paez, Luis Seonane, Michael Foreman, Waldemar Swierzt, Ziraldo Pinto, Seymour Chwast, Andy Warhol , Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Mliton Glaser. A near fine copy in wrappers with cover art by Zelio Alves Pinto.

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Text in English, German and French. Cover calligraphy by Sofu Teshigahara. This is a special double issue on Japan. Some of the articles include: Katachi Traditional Japanese Pattern and Design, Family Crests, Design Education, Japan's Young Designers, Advertising Photography, Display Art, Packaging Design, Editorial Art, Industrial Design, Advertising Art. Includes work by: Eiko Ishioka, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shigeo Fukuda, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Tadashito Nadamoto, Tadanori Yokoo, Takashi Mizuno, Tadashi Ohashi, Yutaka Takanashi, Kishin Shinoyama, Takeshi Ito, Hirohashi Keiko, Yoshiko Kitagawa, Yosuke Inoe. A clean near fine copy in wrappers.

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Text in English, German and French. Cover art by Tomi Ungerer. Some of the articles include: Art Directors Club of New york Exhibition, Design & Art Direction '68 London Exhibition, Le Livre de la Sante-The Picture Book of the 21st Century, Poster Biennale in Warsaw, Nova-A Magazine for the Modern Woman, Harper's Bazaar-Design of an American fashion magazine, AGI. Includes work by: Richard Avedon, Simms Taback, Richard Linder, Ivan Chermayeff, Alain Le Foll, Jan Lenica, Andy Warhol, Raymond Savignac, Derek Birdsall, Jean-Loup Sieff, Ruth Ansel, Hiro, Bea Feitler. An about near fine copy with slight edge wear and light surface creases, a couple of tiny nicks to the front cover in the "H" and a large tear to the first page.

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1969. First edition. Softcover. Text in English, German and French. Cover art by Jan Lenica. This issue celebrates 25 years of Graphis with fold out of three pages with 24 squares designed by some of the best in Graphic Design including Celestino Piatti, Herb Luablin, Massimo Vignelli, Paul Daivs, Jan Lenica. Some of the articles include: Beatles Illustrated Lyrics, Plastic Design Research, Artist's Christmas and New Year's Cards, Draeger-Design Concious Printer in Paris. Includes work by: Tomi Ungerer, Alan Aldridge, Roman Cieslewicz, Heinz Edelman, Erte, Jan Balet, Pla Narbona. A near fine copy with a little wear to the edges and a former library stamp to the front cover.

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Text in English, German and French. Some of the articles include: The One Show '67 - 55th Annual Art Exhibtion of Art Directors Club NY, Image of Montreal's 1976 Olympic Games, Contemporary Soviet Theatre Posters. Includes illustrations of art work by: Jerome Snyder, Phil Marco, Arnold Saks, John Wood, Elmer Pizzi, George Tscheny, Seymour Chwast, Georges Huel. A very good copy in wrappers with art by Phil Marco and some wear to the base of the spine and some other light wear as well.

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1963. First edition. Softcover. Text in English, German and French. Cover art by Raymond Savignac. Some of the articles include: Henry Wolf - Magazine Art Director & Designer, Ronald Searle - Anatomies and Decapitations written by Ben Shahn, Zurich Graphic Image of a Swiss Town, Design Experiments with Type. Includes work from: Akira Uno, Francis Dersnsart, Raymond Savignac, Richard Avedon, Karl Gerstner. A near fine and tight copy with light edge wear, some surface creases to the front cover, and a library stamp from the American Institute of Architects to the first page.

Zurich: Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 207 pages. Text in English, French and German. Illustrated throughout with the best advertising art of the year. A tight near fine copy black cloth boards and from the library of the Visual Studies Workshop with their stamp to the front free endpaper and copyright page but otherwise free of marks and in a very good dust jacket with numerous edge tears, chips and wear. Despite the flaws a solid copy in the uncommon dust jacket.