"PM: AN INTIMATE JOURNAL FOR PRODUCTION MANAGERS, ART DIRECTORS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES". Volume 3, Nos. 1 through 12. (12 issues bound in one volume).

Published by New York: PM Publishing Company, 1936-1937. 1936-1937., 1936

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- Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Twelve issues, each in its original pictorial stiff wraps, bound into light indigo blue cloth with a gilt titled brown leather label within gilt rules on the spine. The cloth covers are rubbed and slightly stained and the label is rubbed and chipped. Over 600 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with full-page and textual illustrations, plates and color pictorial covers including works by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer, Sam Adler, Miguel Covarrubias, Kate Steinitz, Buk Ulreich, Robert Carroll, etc. and designs by Frederic W. Goudy, Bruce Rogers, Clarence P. Hornung, Edward F. Molyneux, et al. The overlapping edges of one wrapper are darkened with a chip to the bottom edge of that front wrapper. An internally bright & near fine volume in very good condition overall. Issue No. 25: Volume 3, no. 1, September 1936. 48 pages plus pictorial covers by Gustav Jensen bound in. The feature article is "Gustav Jensen - A Master of Design" by Nathaniel Pousette. Another contribution is "Hugo Knudsen - Pioneer Photo Lithographer" by William Glass and Percy Seitlin.Issue No. 26: Volume 3, no. 2, October 1936. 38 [10] pages plus the original covers in a wire-o binding. In addition there is a 4-page insert of color samples. The feature article is "Pose Please - A review of Samuel Bernard Schaeffer's book with some photographic illustrations therefrom". The front cover of this issue is a photographic illustration of a nude by Schaeffer. Another contribution is "Mr. Gondor Comes to America" by Emery I. Gondor.Issue No. 27: Volume 3, no. 3, November 1936. 30 [2] pages plus the original folding covers bound in. In addition there is a 4-page insert of color samples. The folding covers are illustrated with 3 color photographs, one each by Paul Outerbridge and Hi Williams and a third photo by Albert W. Stevens described by PM as the "only color photograph taken in stratosphere". The feature article is "Theodore Scheel" by Robert L. Leslie.Issue No. 28: Volume 3, no. 4, December 1936. 42 [6] pages plus the original covers bound in. In addition there is a 4-page insert of color samples. The feature article is "S. M. Adler, Artist" by Percy Seitlin. The front cover bears a color illustration by Sam Adler picturing a Mexican with a machete. Frank H. Young contributes an article, "Technique of Advertising Layout". There is a full page illustration by Miguel Covarrubias, "The Lindy Hop".Issue No. 29: Volume 3, no. 5, January 1937. 28 [4] pages plus the original covers bound in. In addition there is a 4-page insert of illustrations by R. L. Leonard and a 4-page insert of color samples. The feature article is "A Walk With Leonard", a well-illustrated article on the artist R. L. Leonard by Arnold Genthe. The front and back covers feature designs by Leonard. There is also an article by Percy Seitlin "A. M. Cassandre and the Poster Art of the Future".Issue No. 30: Volume 3, no. 6, February 1937. 64 [2] pages plus the original covers bound in. There is also a folding facsimile of an 1818 indenture for a printer's apprentice. The feature article is a 34 page insert devoted to William Edwin Rudge. The well-illustrated article was written by Frederick G. Rudge and printed by William Rudge's sons "with the cooperation of Frederic W. Goudy, who designed the cover". Bruce Rogers designed the title page for the Rudge feature.Issue No. 31: Volume 3, no. 7, March 1937. 40 [8] pages plus the original covers bound in. The front cover bears a color illustration by Kate Steinitz. The feature article is "Amberger" by Paul W. Sampson. It is a well-illustrated 16-page two color section on the graphic designer F. L. Amberger. In addition, there is an article by Aldous Huxley, "A Word About E. McKnight Kauffer".Issue No. 32: Volume 3, no. 8, April 1937. 56 [8] pages plus a 4-page insert and the original covers bound in. The feature article is a 16-page insert on Clarence P. Hornung. It includes "an interview with the editor accompani.

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Title
"PM: AN INTIMATE JOURNAL FOR PRODUCTION MANAGERS, ART DIRECTORS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES". Volume 3, Nos. 1 through 12. (12 issues bound in one volume).
Author
Leslie, Robert L.; Seitlin, Percy; editors.
Publisher
New York: PM Publishing Company, 1936-1937. 1936-1937.
Publication year
1936
Condition
Very good
Binding
Soft cover
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 25 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: http://www.bluemountainbooks.com

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