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HOLSTEIN, J., (ed.). Blickfang. Bucheinbände und Schutzumschläge Berliner Verlage 1919-1933. 1000 Beispiele, illustriert und dokumentiert. M. einem Vorwort von C. Stölzl. (Berlin, J. Holstein, 2005). W. many illustr. in colour. Lge-4°. Ocl. w. dust-j.
Printed in a limited ed. of 400 copies. "The examples in Blickfang are vivid illustrations of a broader historical narrative that addresses how political and commercial publishing companies appealed to their audiences during this critical epoch, when left and right were battling in the streets for public dominion and political power. For leftwing publishers like the Malik-Verlag and the Verlag für Literatur und Politik the jacket was a recruitment poster that used the persuasive languages of socialist realism or polemical symbolism to seek readers who might pick up the banners of revolution." (www.eyemagazine.com, winter 2006).€ 100
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