Peter Pauper Press has been around since 1928 and is still in the biz today. But they made a series of small hardbacks with the coolest graphics in the 50s and 60s. I found these two together with their dust jackets still intact.
The first is Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil (1958) illustrated by Jeff Hill in a vibrant magenta and green with black.
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| Scary flowers! |
Then Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1968) in teal and orange.
Now moving on to something a bit less cheerful. I practically got this books of plates for free. John Vassos Contempo, Phobia and Other Graphic Interpretations (1975) John Vassos was a graphic and industrial designer with his heyday in the late 1920s and 1930s.
These illustrations in shades of grey are from that time period.
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I think these would look great framed and grouped together on a focal wall.
Thanks for stopping by and happy book hunting! ~Nik
1 comment:
NICE illustrations. I think all of us thrifters are suckers for the unique and interesting. It lights us up inside to see and find those special pieces.
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