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Art Deco Graphics [INSCRIBED]

Kery, Patricia Frantz; Marshall Lee (Editor & Design)

New York: Harry N. Abrams, inc., 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 320pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in original, color-illustrated dustjacket , black lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Five color frontispieces. Inscribed on front endpaper "To Pauline, Here's to Deco. All the Best, Pat Kery Oct. 15, 1986."

"Art Deco Graphics is the first full-scale survey of the subject ever published. It offers a rich array of posters, advertisements, magazine covers, book illustrations, photographs, fashion drawings, sheet-music covers, menus, boxes, fans labels, invitations – every imaginable area of the graphic arts is discussed and illustrated with superb examples of this ever-popular style of the 1920s and 30s." (Publisher)

Extraordinary collection of Art Deco graphics. Contains extensive list of images arranged by categories at front. Illustrated text pages for each chapter printed to grayish-yellow heavy stock paper, color reproductions of designs to heavy white paper. With biographical notes, bibliography, notes and index at rear. Covers lightly bent outwards due to water exposure, visible at inside back cover of dustjacket, back cover as well as along top of inside back cover. Block in near fine condition. Good- to near fine condition. Item #56115
ISBN: 0810918536

Price: $125.00