Classic Book Jackets: The Design Legacy of George Salter

Milton Glaser, Thomas Hansen

ISBN 10: 156898491X / ISBN 13: 9781568984919

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2004

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Pbk. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Classic Book Jackets: The Design Legacy of George Salter
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156898491X
• ISBN 13: 9781568984919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Used-Very Good
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Synopsis

It's said that you can't judge a book by its cover. George Salter, a legendary figure in the field of book design, never subscribed to this belief. For more than forty years, his beautifully drawn and lettered covers served as elegant windows onto the works of such revered authors as Albert Camus, John Dos Passos, Jack London, and Thomas Mann. Salter had the rare ability to reduce the illustrated dust jacket -- a new part of the book package -- to its essential elements. He could visually evoke -- with typography, calligraphy, and pictorial imagery -- the contents of any given book.
Salter's life and work bridged two continents and cultures, and spanned the severest political turmoil of the 20th century. Through a tumultuous life, nothing halted his tireless and brilliant design work. Classic Book Jackets tells Salter's story and describes the innovative design thinking he brought to his design students (including his designation of seven different jacket types that are still valid today). It includes more than 200 reproductions of his finest works, and a complete catalog of his jackets, designs, layouts, and lettering jobs for the book trade.

About the Author

Milton Glaser is the co-founder of Push Pin Studios and New York Magazine. His graphic and architectural commissions include the "I (Heart) NY" logo. He lives in New York City.

Thomas Hansen is Professor of German Language at Wellesley College and lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts.