Showing posts with label book covers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book covers. Show all posts

Thursday, April 30, 2015

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Language by Edward Sapir, cover design by Milton Glaser, Harvest Books, 1949

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Mental Poisoning by H. Spencer Lewis Ph.D., The Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, Inc., 1937 (1973 edition)

Friday, April 24, 2015

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Soichi Oya, 1961

Monday, March 4, 2013

Winnipeg 1974




Dilemmas of Modern Man, Great-West Life, Winnipeg, 1975 

"Dilemmas of Modern Man was the title of the Winnipeg Centennial Symposium October 27-30 1974...This book contains the proceedings of the Symposium---a series of learned papers by leading thinkers in the field of world affairs, genetics, aging, communication, education, and economics."

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

misc. bookshelf




Simple Tricks by Allen V. Green, Doubleday, 1955

Tonal/Atonal by Ronald Herder, Continuo Music Press, 1973, 1977

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Appels


Appel's Appels, Rothmans of Pall Mall of Canada, 1971

Saturday, December 29, 2012

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A Lollygag of Limericks by Myra Cohn Livingston, illustrated by Joseph Low, Athenium, 1978

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

polskie książki




























Poland: Tourist Guide, 1972
i inne basnie polskie, 1986
Historia Filozofii 1, 1968
Panna z Morka Glowa, 1958

Thursday, November 22, 2012

bookbinding



Introducing Bookbinding by Ivor Robinson, Batsford/Watson-Guptill, 1968

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

H.C.
























A Human Condition, 1964, pine, brass, glass doorknob, ink
H.C. Westermann - A Human Condition: Selected Works 1961-1973, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., NY, 2011 (Thanks Meeka!)

Thursday, November 8, 2012

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Basic Woodworking Processes by Herman Hjorth, Bruce Publishing Co., 1933 (1943) 
Make It and Ride It by C.J.Maginley, Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., 1949

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

misc. bookshelf










Art: Your Visual Environment by G.F. Brommer and G.F. Horn, Davis Publications, 1977
Women and Self-Defence by Susan Lynne..., self-published, 1975
Making Things: Book 2 by Ann Wiseman, Little Brown, 1975
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw, Harper and Row, 1947

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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lips natural, short a
Lip Reading by Edward F. Walther, Nelson-Hall, Chicago, 1982

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

otto























Otto and the Magic Potatoes by William Pène du Bois, The Viking Press, NY, 1970 (binding illustration)

Sunday, September 9, 2012

misc. bookshelf at fifty fifty modern











Freshwater Fishes of Manitoba: Checklist and Keys by Alex Fedoruk, Province of Manitoba, Department of Mines, Resources, and Environmental Management, 1971
Delhi and its Neighbourhood: Archaeological Survey of India by Y.D.Sharma, Director General Archaeological Survey of India, 1964 (1974)
There Is No Finality...: A Story of the Group of Seven by Harry Hunkin, Burns & MacEachern Ltd., 1971
Signs In Action by James Sutton, Studio Vista/Reinhold, 1965
Making Pottery Without a Wheel by F.Carlton Ball & Janice Lovoos, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1965
What Makes a Shadow? by Clyde Robert Bulla, Illustrated by Adrienne Adams, Scholastic, 1962
International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Expo 67, Montreal, 1967
An Introduction to the American Underground Film by Sheldon Renan, E.P. Dutton, 1967 (cover by Seymour Chwast)
African Sculpture: From Canadian Collectors, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1973
Wood Carving by Freda Skinner, Bonanza Books, 1961
Advanced Rockcraft by Royal Robbins, La Siesta Press, 1982

If you live in Winnipeg, Fifty Fifty Modern will be opening a new storefront soon and I'll be providing the shop with a very small rotating selection of books for sale. Come visit.

Grand Opening: Thursday, September 13th, 8PM. Located at 911 Corydon Avenue (at DIN Projects).

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

light becomes fuel























Harnessing The Sun by Y. Borisov and I. Pyatnova, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, no date

Friday, August 31, 2012

The Animal Kingdom























The Encyclopedia of The Animal Kingdom by Maurice and Robert Burton, Octopus, 1968 (1979 edition)

Friday, August 24, 2012

fortunately/unfortunately
























Fortunately by Remy Charlip, 1964 (1966 Scholastic edition)
What Good Luck! What Bad Luck!, by Remy Charlip, 1969 (Scholastic) (same book with change of title/text. subsequent editions returned to original title/text.)

Thursday, August 16, 2012

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WORD MAGIC: An Anthology of Poems for Grade 9 and 10, McLelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1957

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

art education bookshelf























Growing With Art - Book One: Fun To Begin by Maud Ellsworth and Michael F. Andrews, Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., Chicago, 1950

Art Media and Techniques: A Resource Book for Secondary Schools. Province of Manitoba, Department of Education, Winnipeg, (no date)

ART 1-6, Department of Education, Province of Manitoba, Approved by the Minister of Education, 1974

Art: Grades I-IV, Department of Education, Manitoba, 1955