Publishing and book design in Latvia 1919-1940
Subtitle: a re-discovery
By: James H. Fraser
Publisher: Neputns
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Rīga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9789934512186
Subjects: Publishers and publishing; History; Book design; Fine books; Buchgestaltung
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt 1. Latvian-language publishing; title: pt 2. Russian-language publishing; title: pt 3. Publishing in the Jewish community; title: pt 4. German-language publishing.