Mid-Century Book Cover Design.

by Amy@AQ-V on August 30, 2010

Lies Like Truth
Cover design by Roy Kuhlman for Lies Like Truth by Harold Clurman, 1958.

Cahiers D’Art
Cover of Cahiers D’Art designed by Joan Miró,1950.

American Social Patterns
Cover design by George Giusti, typography by Joseph Ascherl for American Social Patterns: Studies of Race Relations, Popular Heroes, Voting, Union Democracy, and Government Bureaucracy, edited by William Petersen. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1956.

Verve
Cover of Verve Magazine (Vol 2, No.8) by Henri Matisse, 1940.

The Long March
Cover design by George Giusti for The Long March by William Styron. Vintage Books, 1962.

[ All images courtesy of Crossett Library Bennington College ]
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The growing biblio flickr sets of Crossett Library at Bennington College are quite a visual treat; I highly recommend. Above are cover highlights largely from the 1950s and 1960s representing several name brand art and design legends.
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