Editor: Joseph Connolly
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Publication: 2009, First Edition
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 281
Size: 215 x 285
Text: English
ISBN: 0571240011
(Preface) '2009 sees the eightieth anniversary of Faber and Faber, the pre-eminent independent publisher. As a major part of the celebrations, Joseph Connolly has created an impassioned history of Faber's unrivalled and much admired book cover design. Here is a full and heartfelt tribute, a love letter to the many great artists and designers, reflecting new as well as evolving tastes and techniques throughout every year. From the beginnings in 1929, it travels through the golden age of startling and brilliant innovation by Berthold Wolpe - for decades Faber's resident art director and cover designer extraordinaire - through the fruitful collaboration with Pentagram, and on to the present day. This splendid, full-colour and superbly produced volume is, as Joseph Connolly concludes in his preface, 'a lavish celebration of the art and beauty of these magnificent covers from just the first eighty years.'
Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing to cover/edges. Small tare to bottom left corner of dust jacket,
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