Download or read book Matchbox Labels written by Jane Smith and published by Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2.400 miniature masterpieces. A matchbox label collector is called a phillumenist. But you don't have to be one to love these tiny works of art. The popularity of collecting matchboxes is growing because they are affordable and a joy to look at. Matchbox Labels features 2.400 of the best specimens, chosen for their charm and beauty. The matchbook labels are organized geographically, sorted within each group by theme, and captioned with insightful text. The book covers selections from: Scandinavia Europe Eastern Europe Russia South East Asia, China and Japan India and Pakistan Great Britain and North America. The labels range from minute works of socialist realism from the former USSR to marvelous naïve animal and bird pictures from southern India and sophisticated graphics and illustrations from Japan. A brief introduction offers a concise history of matchbook art and provides helpful advice on how to start, gather and organize a collection of your own. Matchbox Labels is an eye-catching and fascinating reference for art lovers, designers and collectors.
Download or read book The Book of Matchbox Labels written by Roger Fennings and published by New Cavendish Books Dist. This book was released on 2001 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Invaluable guide. - Fascinating insight into commercial branding and how trademarks are developed. - Provides a unique perspective on numerous topics
Download or read book Matchbloc written by Jane McDevitt and published by . This book was released on with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "MATCHBLOC is a striking collection of 400+ Eastern Bloc matchbox labels, collected over a number of years by designer Jane McDevitt"--Back cover.
Download or read book Matchbook written by Shahid Datawala and published by Tara Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking treasure-trove of striking graphic design curios from the Indian matchbox marketplace.
Download or read book Light of India written by Warren Dotz and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With all the zany vibrancy of a Bollywood musical, the colorful matchbox labels of LIGHT OF INDIA present a fascinating confluence of popular culture and a sophisticated graphic arts tradition that stretches back for centuries. Populated with pouncing Bengal tigers, regal jungle elephants, and Hindu gods and goddesses, these miniature masterpieces are worlds unto themselves, skillfully illustrated with a naive yet irresistible charm. This delightful art book is sure to fire the imagination of all who wish to study, preserve, and celebrate India's more humble, but no less brilliant, visual arts heritage. A dazzling collection of more than 300 vintage matchbox labels from India, dating from the turn of the century through the 1950s. Includes a discussion of Hindu iconography, recurring visual themes and symbols, and the cultural and historical significance of matchbox art. A great resource for graphic artists and designers, collectors of paper ephemera or advertising art, and students of Indian culture. Gift edition slipcase includes a textured novelty "striker strip" along the spine.
Download or read book written by Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Deutschland) GmbH and published by ピエ・ブックス. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ラベルデザイン百花繚乱。明治以降国産化されたマッチは、瞬く間に世界市場を賑わす花形商品になっていきます。大正から昭和にかけて国内では、広告媒体として主に店舗の宣伝付きのものが多く制作されました。本書はデパートや喫茶店、カフェ、旅館、ホテルなどを業種別にカテゴライズした一冊です。現在でも通用するデザイン性の高い作品を厳選したビジュアルブック、忘れかけていた日本固有の粋なデザインが甦ります。
Download or read book Matchbox Labels written by Joan Rendell and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Matchbox Labels written by Joan Rendell and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Matchbox Toys written by Charlie Mack and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's all here! Pictured and listed in this massive volume, now in its fourth edition, are fifty-four years' worth of toys produced between Matchbox's founding in 1947, and 2001, including their popular diecast vehicles, playsets, dolls, plastic kits, robots, and ephemera. The international scope of Matchbox toys is illustrated in catalogs and on boxes and labels printed in a dozen languages. Certain toys have been made for sale in specific countries or to promote specific companies or products. In 1982 the international numbering system on miniatures changed. The result of all these variables is a fascinating and infinite variety of Matchbox toys. In the largest volume about Matchbox Toys ever published, 2,447 color photos illustrate nearly all of Matchbox's vast line. Helpful captions and a price guide make this an essential part of every collector's library.
Download or read book Blues From The Avon Delta written by Mark Jones and published by Record Press. This book was released on 2021-02-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1967, the fledgling, Bristol based, Saydisc label released its first country blues record, by Anderson Jones Jackson, with Noël Sheldon on jug. By 1968, it was helping Sunflower, Kokomo and Highway 51, three 'pop-up', independent, DIY blues labels, to get to market. These were mere toes in the water and in 1968 Saydisc created the celebrated Matchbox label to release contemporary, British country blues and LPs, transcribed from original 78s, of classic, pre-war, US country blues. Matchbox also pressed the popular, Austrian, Roots label for the UK market and, later, issued contemporary, American blues and transcriptions of Library of Congress recordings. Later again came the Bluesmaster Series. Saydisc released well over 100 blues LPs between 1967 and 1987, when it moved exclusively to CD. By 1968, blues was becoming increasingly popular in the UK, though the focus was mostly on electric blues bands. In July, however, Matchbox released the first LP of home-grown, British, country blues. The time was right and Blues Like Showers of Rain made a big stir. John Peel played it on his Nightride radio show and invited most of the artists up to London to record BBC sessions. The major labels picked up on the buzz and most of the artists were snapped up. Matchbox carried on the momentum over the next few years but eventually shut in July 1977. It returned in 1982 with the extremely well-received Bluesmaster Series, an ambitious undertaking that resulted in 38 LPs along with two 2-LP sets. Amongst other things, this book includes: - Information on every Saydisc-related, blues record released (and one that never saw light of day). - Images of all Saydisc's blues record sleeves. - Images of all Saydisc-related Sunflower, Kokomo, Highway 51 and Ahura Mazda record sleeves. - A cameo appearance by The Village Thing label, which represented 'what came after the blues'. - Memorabilia provided specially by the label owners and other archives/collections, much not seen in print since the 1960s and 1970s (if ever). - Active input from those who were there. - A section on Saydisc's hook-ups with Blues World and November Books' Blues Paperbacks series.
Download or read book Swallowing Mercury written by Wioletta Greg and published by Portobello Books. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wiola lives in a close-knit agricultural community. Wiola has a black cat called Blackie. Wiola's father was a deserter but now he is a taxidermist. Wiola's mother tells her that killing spiders brings on storms. Wiola must never enter the seamstress's 'secret' room. Wiola collects matchbox labels. Wiola is a good Catholic girl brought up with fables and nurtured on superstition. Wiola lives in a Poland that is both very recent and lost in time. Swallowing Mercury is about the ordinary passing of years filled with extraordinary days. In vivid prose filled with texture, colour and sound, it describes the adult world encroaching on the child's. From childhood to adolescence, Wiola dances to the strange music of her own imagination.
Download or read book The Matchbox Label Collector s Catalogue matchbox labels with Three in English as part of the title written by Frederick John Cooke and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chinese Label Art 1900 1976 written by Andrew S. Cahan and published by Schiffer Book. This book was released on 2006 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases outstanding label, packaging, and advertising art created between 1900 and 1976 primarily in Canton, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore. Export and domestic products include tea, medicine, food, cosmetics, cigarettes, dyes, matches, phonograph records, firecrackers, and religious items. Over 400 visually captivating images make this an important resource for artists, designers, historians, and merchants.
Download or read book The Matchbox Label Collectors Encyclopedia written by J. H. Luker and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Made in India written by Kalim Winata and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2008-09-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of images of everyday Indian design and pop culture ephemera from the past century.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Matchbox Toys 1947 1996 written by Charlie Mack and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's all here! Fifty years of toys! The toys pictured and listed in this book represent the immense volume of items produced from 1947, when the Matchbox company was founded, to the present, including their popular diecast vehicles along with playsets, dolls, plastic kits, robots, and ephemera all in one massive volume-now in its second edition! The international scope of Matchbox toys is illustrated through catalogs, boxes, and labels on toys printed in a dozen languages. Certain toys have been made for sale in specific countries or to promote specific companies or products. The numbering system on miniatures changed in 1982 when worldwide toys began different numbering systems. The result of all these variables is a fascinating and infinite variety of Matchbox toys. Book jacket.
Download or read book Far Eastern Matchbox Labels written by Stephen Brown and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-08 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some time ago, I was given a small collection of mid 20th Century match box labels. I have wondered what to do with them for many years. The person that collected them, did so as a child when their family travelled throughout the far east. Instead of collecting stamps, like so many British children in the 1950's and 1960's, this boy pulled together an interesting selection of match box labels. The hobby had not yet started, the subject unresearched and unknown. Now, there is a growing interest in matchbox label, box and book covers design. People of the 21st Century are beginning to understand that these designs, simple as they were, were a very early means of mass communication. This is a small simple volume of pictures of over 100 matchbox labels from the far east, from around the middle of the 20th Century. The book (ideal for eReaders) will appeal to design students, collectors and marketing researchers alike. The idea is that hopefully one day, someone, somewhere will be pulling together all this information to form the basis of a collectors hobby or research study. I will only then rest, knowing I have done my bit to help.
