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The
following gallery presents
a selection of images from Salter's complete oeuvre. Before emigrating
he produced a total of 357 jobs for 35 different
German publishers. In New York he then worked for 89 different
publishers, ultimately completing around 715 different book jackets.
One could add to these figures a few private jobs and various
projects for publishers in Holland, Latin America, and West Germany.
The various different titles that appeared in series of unified
designs make the list even longer.
A comprehensive catalogue of Salter's book jackets can be found
in Hansen, Classic Book Jackets: The Design Legacy of George
Salter (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005).
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Sources, Archives. With only
a couple of exceptions, this website does not repeat images that
appear in the book.
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Designs
from Salter's Berlin Period (1922-1934)
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Siegfried
von Vegesack,
Das fressende Haus,
Munich: Universitas, 1932.
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Michael
Arlen,
Zugvögel,
Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1932
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Alfred Döblin,
Giganten Ein Abenteuerbuch,
Berlin: S. Fischer, 1932.
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Heinrich
Hauser,
Ein Mann lernt fliegen,
Berlin: S. Fischer, 1933.
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Arthur
Holitscher,
Reisen,
Berlin: Kiepenheuer, 1928.
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Ernst Toller,
Feuer
aus den Kesseln,
Berlin: Kiepenheuer, 1930. |
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Beverly
Nichols,
U.S.A.; Glossen um das Sternenbanner,
Leipzig: E. A. Seeman, 1930
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Alexander
Tarassow-Rodionow,
Februar,
Berlin: Kiepenheuer, 1928
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Leo
Matthias,
Griff in den Orient. Eine Reise und etwas mehr,
Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1931. |
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Sonderausgaben.
Publisher's advertising broadside
for S. Fischer, 1931.
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Peter Mendelssohn,
Paris über mir,
Leipzig: Reclam,
1931.
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Designs
Produced in the United States (1934-1967)
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Joseph
Margolies & Christopher Morley, eds.,
Strange & Fantastic
Stories,
N. Y.: McGraw Hill, 1946. | Mark
Harris,
Bang the Drum Slowly,
N. Y.: Alfred Knopf,
1956.
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Elizabeth Bowen,
The
Death of the Heart,
N. Y.: Alfred Knopf, 1939. |
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Herbert
Alvin Wise and Phyllis M. Fraser,eds.
Great Tales of Terror
and the Supernatural,
N. Y.: Random House, 1944.
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Richard
Arnold Berman & Elizabeth R. Hapgood.
Home from
the Sea. Robert Louis
Stevenson in Samoa,
N. Y.:
Bobbs-Merrill, 1939.
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Fan Nichols,
Possess
Me Not,
N. Y.: Frederick Fell, 1946. |
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W. J. (Wilbur Joseph)
Cash.
The Mind of the South,
N. Y.: Vintage, 1960.
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Norah
Lofts,
I Met A Gypsy,
N. Y.: Alfred Knopf, 1935.
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Jack Jones,
Unfinished
Journey,
N. Y.: Oxford University Press, 1937.
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Igor Stravinsky,.
An Autobiography,
N. Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1936.
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Carl
Zuckmayer,
The Moons Ride Over,
N. Y.: Viking, 1937.
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William Shirer,
Berlin
Diary,
N. Y.: Alfred Knopf, 1941. |
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Magazine
Covers Produced for Mercury Publications (1930s
- 1960s)
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This
design from the late 1960s uses
Salter’s
lettering with cover art by a different illustrator.
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Salter
as Calligrapher and Penman: Miscellaneous Lettering
Jobs
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Mailing label for
The Chiswick Bookshop,
New York City.
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Title for
the science fiction
magazine Venture.
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Letterhead
for Colorgraphics,
New York City. |
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Lettering by Salter,
figure by Fritz Kredel, 1938.
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Broadside
with lettering and
illustrations by Salter;
text by I. Warsaw, 1940.
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Magazine gift subscription card, Fantasy
and Science Fiction. |
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Salter devised this
card in the 1950's at a
time when work was slow.
He sent it to publishers and art directors to remind
them of his existence, with the result that commissions
flowed in once more.
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Bookplate for subscribers,
The
Book of the Month Club.
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Series logo, Random
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