Publishing and book design in Latvia 1919-1940 : a re-discovery / James H. Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, James H. (James Howard), 1934-2013, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing--Latvia--History.

Publishers and publishing.

Book design--Latvia--History.

Book design.

Fine books--Latvia--History.

Fine books.

Bookselling and publishing.

History.

Latvia.

Local Subjects:

Bookselling and publishing.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

334 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Rīga : Neputns, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Using over 700 color images of illustrated book covers and wrappers, this book presents a fascinating view of the remarkable, and as yet unheralded, creativity which characterized publishing and book design in Latvia between the World Wars. The majority of covers shown herein were made by artists or designers commissioned by publishers to attract potential buyers. It is through these illustrated covers and wrappers for books (and, for comparison, covers of selected periodicals, sheet music, and a few posters) that a glimpse of the "look" of the Latvian book during the Independence - late 1919 to the summer of 1940 - emerges.

Contents:

Part 1. Latvian-language publishing

part 2. Russian-language publishing

part 3. Publishing in the Jewish community

part 4. German-language publishing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789934512186

9934512181

OCLC:

878038307