Published by Chronicle Books Llc, San Francisco, California, 1981
ISBN 10: 0877011672 ISBN 13: 9780877011675
Language: English
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 112 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white, Introduction by David Hockney. Tight, clean and crisp. An excellent copy. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Collectible.; Oblong 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" wide.
Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1981
ISBN 10: 0877011672 ISBN 13: 9780877011675
Language: English
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 112 pages, softcover, illustrated in color and b&w. Record # 405613.
Published by Chronicle, San Francisco, 1980
ISBN 10: 0877011672 ISBN 13: 9780877011675
Language: English
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Colour and B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. Page 80, of this 112 page volume features Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson., and Groucho Marx as they appeared in ads. Page 49 features a giant cut-out (of a reposing woman and a cat) that must be seventy feet long. The products being promoted are TV's, liquor, cigarettes, cars, movies, and air travel. Early examples show war bonds, milk, hats, stocks, and train travel. Many excellent photos in both colour and (*earlier) b/w. Even La Tour Eiffel is lit up. Plenty of humour. Cond : Paper wrapper is whote with blue lettering. Front cover image features a lagoon, on a billboard, superimposed on a high western desert. Binding sound. Light wear at corners and edges. Clean. P/O name on half-title. Excellent inspirational copy. Quote (p. 57) : " Manufacturers soon moved from aore neutral approach, directed at the intellect, to a more sophisticated approach that reached viewers at a visual level. Long prosy captions and wordy exhortations were ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.
Published by San Francisco, Chronicle Books, c., 1980
ISBN 10: 0877011672 ISBN 13: 9780877011675
Language: English
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. 28cm x 20.5cm. 112 pages. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for example: The Beginnings of Billboard Art/ The 50's : The Golden Age of Paint/ The Youth Oriented 60's/ The Super-Realist 70's/ The 80's and Future Trends/ Sprache: english.
Published by London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1981, 1981
Seller: °ART...on paper - 20th Century Art Books, Lugano, Switzerland
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8° Ob. 112pp - Color & B/w Photo reproductions. Comprehensive study of billboard graphic communication, complete with historical survey subdivided by XX Century decades. First edition, text in English language. Original pictorial wrappers. In very good condition.