first edition Hardcover
1969 · New York
by Hillier, Bevis
New York: Stein and Day, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Near fine in slightly nicked dust wrapper. 296 pages. Copiously illustrated in color and black and white. Hillier concentrates on the great period of poster art -- from about 1870 until World War II. He also traces the development of theatrical and war posters, as well as the role of the poster in the sudden expansion of the advertising industry. (Inventory #: 9675)