I thumbed through the oversized volume over sandwich and a coffee, and realized that I had sold quite a few of the books mentioned over the course of my bookselling career. Instead of bombarding you with a slew of Graphic Design titles, I have decided to focus on a more specific niche of Graphic Design books to look for, and which I have sold several times over.
Without further delay, here is today's very specific Flashpoint: Vintage Graphic Design and Typography Books by authors with Eastern European sounding names. Below is a sampling of some of the authors, specific titles and a link to their product detail pages on Amazon, which include photographs of the dustjackets which you should make room for in your bookscouting memory.
Laszlo Moholy Nagy's Vision in Motion. Published in 1947, still in demand in 2010.
Brodovitch (Masters of American Design). Purchased at a garage sale for $5, sold on Amazon for $150.
Ladislav Sutnar- pick up anything you find with his name on it. Unfortunately there is no image available for Design for Point of Sale, a book I have sold three times in the past three years for three figures. Also look for Visual Design in Action. I have sold most copies without their dustjackets, so it would be worth memorizing what it looks like with and without the jacket.
And finally, Gyorgy Kepes' Language of Vision. The softcover does not command as high of a price, but should still be a quick seller in the $20-25 range.
Feel free to add other Graphic Design authors or titles to this list in the Comments section.
2 comments:
Really glad you brought this book to light. There are so many great titles (many of which have been out of print for decades, or whose price point makes it quite rare that many designers will get the opportunity to browse the "pages-within-pages" comprised within this book.
hopefully links are accepted in this format .... if so, an excellent overview by Angus Hyland (Pentagram Partner and Art Director at Laurence King Books .... getting his initial reactions as he leaves through the pages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_4e0YIkOi8
..... good pick kristian
Thanks for the video and comment Alan:) I learned who the designer of the Joy Division album was...
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