All Posters & Books

Year: 1970

Size: 46 x 30 in./116.4 x 76.2 cm

This poster was created to advertise the magazine Ten Years to Go: The Magazine for Survival. Sadly, the magazine was never published, making this the only remaining evidence that it was ever going to happen. Frankly, now it's just a kitschy bit of humor for your wall.

Size: 11 x 16 in.

112 pages

Softcover

Language: English

Size: 11 x 16 in.

112 pages

Softcover

Language: English

Year: 1975

Size: 24 x 37 in./61 x 94 cm

This is an ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING of this poster designed by the artist Maciej Urbaniec.

Printed in 1975, it advertises the publication of the book 100 Years of Dance Posters.

Year: 1975.

Size: 24 1/2 x 37 1/2 in./62.2 x 95.3 cm

This is an ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING of this poster by the artist Valdemar Swierzy.

Printed in 1975, it advertises the release of the book 100 Years of Circus Posters. Shown is a rather adorable lion, lifting up his reading glasses as he turns away from his copy of the book to face the viewer.

Year: 1976.

Size: 30 x 45 in./76.2 x 114.3 cm

This is an ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING of this poster by Donn Matus.

A fragmented dancer leaping through vibrantly-toned colorblock rectangles announces an exhibition of original dance posters at New York's Lincoln Center. Matus was gallery exhibition designer at the time and the exhibition promoted a new book with the same title.

Size: 25.2 x 25.4 in.

160 pages

Hardcover

Language: French  

Size: 8.5 x 11 in.

202 pages

Softcover

Language: English

Year: 1975

Size: 30 x 40 in./76.2 x 101.6 cm

Printed in 1975, it was printed to commemorate the 200 year anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The text in the upper right quotes Captain Parker, "Stand your ground, don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here."

Year: 1975

Size: 30 x 45 in./76.2 x 114.3 cm

Printed in 1975, it was created to advertise the book Star-Spangled Kitsch by Curtis F. Brown. It certainly embodies all the elements of a somewhat over-the-top patriotism.

Size: 8.5 x 11 in.

92 pages

Softcover

Language: French

Year: 2004

8 1/2 x 12 in. / 21.5 x 30 cm. Hardcover.

A compendium of end-of-the-20th Century French posters. 168 pages, French text.

Size: 8 1/2 x 11 in.

144 pages

Softcover

Language: English

Since the early Twentieth Century, posters have heralded the Olympic Games, whetting our appetite and shaping our expectations of the event that is to come. With their broad popular appeal and ability to project eye-catching and memorable imagery, posters have offered an ideal means of communications for the Games. This book sets the posters in the context of the Olympic Games that they announce and celebrate, including memorable images for Berlin 1936, London 1948, Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000. This 144-page book published by V & A Publishing, London, features 148 color illustrations of not only offial posters for both Olympic and Winter Olympic Games, but also posters for some early, alternative or cancelled games, as well as related ephemera and contextual photographs. Viewed together, the posters in this book create a rich pictorial narrative, capturing the distinctive characteristics of former games and the essence of their times.

Size: 6.5 x 8.2 in.

448 pages

Softcover

Language: English

Year: 1978.

Size: 30 x 45 in./76.2 x 114.3 cm

Elson's photograph of the Shubert Theater at night captures all the glitter of The Great White Way -- a perfect visual equivalent for the quintessential theatrical piece about the the gypsies who make up the heart and soul of New York's fabled musical stage. The poster doubtless contributed to the musical's then record-breaking Broadway run: 6,137 performances between October 1975 and April 1990.

Size: 42 x 85 1/2 inches 

Condition: B+ / slight creases

A Life of Pleasure was the last play to be written and produced by Henry Pettitt. It debuted in September, 1893 and was transferred from Drury Lane to Princess's, which offered more room, and ran through February, 1894. The story tells of "a woman who succumbs to the lure of evil sensuality and falls victim to the machinations of a heartless upper-class, pleasure-loving seducer" (Fantasies of Empire, p. 199). One would not know from Pal's design that this striking lady becomes a fallen woman, but we appreciate Pal's decision to show her triumphant and independent.

Year: 1981

Size: 30 x 46 in./76.2 x 116.8 cm

Condition: A

Printed in 1981, it advertises the PBS/Mobil presentation of A Town Like Alice.