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    Artist

  • Salter, George, 1897-1967

    • Title

  • Dust jacket and endpaper design for: Union now with Britain / design by George Salter

  • Physical Description

    1 online resource (1 dust jacket and 1 endpaper (map) design) : color

  • Date

    1941

  • Notes

    Dust jacket and endpaper design of: Union now with Britain /by Clarence K. Streit. New York ; London : Harper & Bros., 1941

  • Summary

    The front cover has a pattern of red vertical lines, all with different widths. The spine has a pattern of red horizontal lines, also with different widths. The title and author’s name are printed inside a large black rectangle with a thin blue line on both the front of the cover and then the spine. On both the front cover and spine, the title is printed in large, white typographical font, all capital letters. Following the title is the statement of responsibility in red-orange letters in a cursive font. On the front cover, the statement of responsibility is followed by additional text in white typographical and cursive fonts. Beneath the rectangle on the front cover there is also a floating ribbon banner with text in cursive font in red, blue and black. Parts of the banner have horizontal red lines and edges embroidered with blue. The name of the publisher is printed in blue typographical font, all capital letters, at the bottom of the front cover in a square of white adjacent with the spine. On the spine, the publisher’s name is printed at the bottom of the black rectangle in white, typographical font, all capital letters.

    The endpapers include a map of the world with North America in the center. Different countries are printed in pink, white, yellow, and gray. Oceans are printed in dark blue. Countries are printed in black typographical font, some in all capital letters and some not.

  • Depicted

    Streit, Clarence K., (Clarence Kirshman), 1896-1986, Union now with Britain

  • Subject

    International relations; World politics; Book design, United States; Book jackets, United States

  • Place

    United States, Foreign relations; Great Britain, Foreign relations

  • Genre

    World maps; Endpapers (Binding)

  • Medium

    Book jackets; Book design

  • Part Of

    Library of Book Designs by George Salter (1897-1967)

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Salter, George: Dust jacket and endpaper design for: Union now with Britain / design by George Salter, Leo Baeck Institute, st 4610 Salter v. 203 Book design.