Close Cover Before Striking: The Golden Age of Matchcover Art

by Jim Heimann, Rod Dyer, H. Thomas Steele

Book Overview

Recollectibles delight popular culture collectors and graphic designers with their interesting design and intriguing subjects. Each book has a unique and engaging cover that is sure to charm people... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896596958
• ISBN13: 9780896596955
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

"...Your Red Scarf Matches Your Eyes..."

"Your Red Scarf Matches Your Eyes, You Close Your Cover Before Striking, and Loving You Has Made Me Bananas...." For the graphic artist or just fans of the visually arresting, there are some supurb images in this publication. Chronicle Books put out a book two or three years later called MATCHBOOK ART by Yosh Kashiwabara which is a nice compliment to this Abbeville Book. The Steel/Heimann book was published at a time when Abbeville was putting out a fun, funky series on American Pop culture - John Margolies MINATURE GOLF book, and the Dyer/Spark book FIT TO BE TIED: VINTAGE TIES OF THE FORTIES & EARLY FIFTIES, all of which are useful references for those in the (or into) arts/applied arts field/popular culture/or mid-century americana. The breakdown of categories in CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING works well, the text (which is sparse) is very readable, and the page layout is attractive. I'd say that it would be a fine addtion to any bookshelf.