Posters: A Concise History

Posters: A Concise History, by John Barnicoat, is an entertaining and informative survey of posters from 1870s onwards, incorporating movements such as Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Cubism, Art Deco and Bauhaus. The book containes 273 illustrations, 72 of which are in colour, from artists including Edouard Manet, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Robert McClay, Joost Schmidt, Vladimir Lebedev, El Lissitzky, Frank Newbould, Lucian Bernhard, Ludwig Hohlwein, Kandinsky, Leonetto Cappiello, Raymond Savignac, Alfred Leete, Salvador Dali, Mucha and Cassandre. Published by Thames and Hudson. Good condition, minor creasing on edges of cover.