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Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell (Simon & Schuster)

Florian Hardwig — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:15:13 +0000

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Source: www.moma.org MoMA. © Eliza Brownjohn. License: All Rights Reserved.

Artist’s proof.

Unpopular Essays. 12 Adventures in Argument by the Winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature.

First published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London in 1950, this is the cover of a later paperback edition by Simon & Schuster, New York. While the Internet Archive gives a 1951 date (perhaps the date of the first printing with different cover), MoMa dates it to ca. 1957–1960, the years when the design firm was doing business as Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar. Anzeigen-Grotesk was their signature typeface.

I wonder whether the placement of the publisher’s logo is a comment on the client. There’s no denying that the designer put the little sower under someone’s thumb!

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Harper’s Magazine, Jan. 1960

Stephen Coles — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:21:17 +0000

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The Optimist by Herbert Gold

Stephen Coles — Tue, 03 May 2016 20:34:41 +0000

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Source: www.moma.org © Eliza Brownjohn. License: All Rights Reserved.

Artist’s proof.

Actual jacket.

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Concert Associates, Stetcher & Horowitz announcement

Nick Sherman — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:05:44 +0000

One of many designs for Concert Associates by Chermayeff & Geismar. This design is attributed to Robert Brownjohn.

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