PM December-January 1939/40. Vol 1 No 2. [COVER BY HERBERT BAYER]
New York: PM Publishing Co., 1940. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 91 (17)pp. Original wraps with Herbert Bayer design on front cover. Contains a thirty-two pages insert with designs and text by Herbert Bayer on advertising design, and Percy Seitlin on Herbert Bayer, including photomontages, designs and typography by Herbert Bayer. The PM Art Squad section features a woodcut by Sol Sobel, block prints by Irene Lippman, Sobel, Ruth Lesnick, S. Wieder, Herman Letterman, Anthony D'Esposito, Rosalind Fabian, twelve wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg and seven by Joseph Blumenthal. In addition, the magazine features various high quality offset reproductions of artwork by various artists.
Contains advertisements at rear, including a four page, folded paper for Strathmore Staple Papers with a color chart containing twenty-two color samples pasted down, rendered in lithography. Extraordinary issue of PM Magazine with expert contribution and superb reproductions of artwork. Typography by the Composing Room, Inc., photoengraving and cover by Reliance Reproduction Co. The engravings for the Herbert Bayer insert by the Horan Engraving Co., and printed in letterpress by the Whitney Press. Covers slightly age-toned and light wear along edges.
Back cover with two and a quarter by half an inch chip at top foredge. Block in fine condition. Very good- to fine condition. Item #52328
Price: $350.00