THE MODERN POSTER CLASSIC REPRINT

ISBN: 9780267763566 Géneros: AB Sinópsis: Excerpt from The Modern PosterAnother proof that it was rather a desire for advertising than an artistic intention which controlled the illustra tration of bookcovers is that often the more insignificant and commonplace the book the louder was the cover There have been books which have been seized and persecuted by law on the evidence of too loud a cover but generally if the cover was very risky it was safeto conclude that the inside was extremely prosy not to say drowsy It was like a circus booth where the posters promise you the most exciting spectacles and where the deluded spectators once having entered find nothing to look at for their two sous but a melancholy old monkey or a seal uncomfortably confined in a tank which very imperfectly recalls the boundless oceanAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works