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Wendell Minor : art for the written word : twenty-five years of book cover art / introduction by David McCullough.

LIBRA NC1883.3.M56 M57 1995
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LIBRA - Special NC1883.3.M56 M57 1995 copy 2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Minor, Wendell.
Contributor:
McCullough, David G.
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Minor, Wendell--Themes, motives.
Minor, Wendell.
Book jackets--United States--Design.
Book jackets.
Design.
Themes, motives.
United States.
Penn Provenance:
Minor, Wendell (autograph) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2)
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
Physical Description:
154 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
Art for the written word
Place of Publication:
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, [1995]
Summary:
Bringing together a rich selection of pieces from Wendell Minor's extraordinary body of jacket art, this volume features commentary from authors and others on the relationship between a book's cover and what's inside. The book includes over 100 full-color reproductions of artwork from the jackets of bestselling books by Ray Bradbury, Mary Higgins Clark, Pat Conroy and others.
Notes:
"A Harvest original."
Includes index.
Local Notes:
Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has dustjacket retained.
Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 signed by the author.
ISBN:
0151956146
0156002124
OCLC:
31331558

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