People’s Graphic Design Archive Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Ten Black Dots
Donald CrewsDonald Crews is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. Ten Black Dots is a counting book for early readers. Each page rhymes as the reader counts the dots page by page from the number 1 to the number 10. Video from Mary Ellen Ariotti https://t.co/efGFnNTVok
Board Book, 2010
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leaves of Grass
Walt WhitmanLettered title page of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' lettered by Thayer and Eldridge, 1860 #PeoplesGDArchive #GraphicDesignHistory #GraphicDesignArchive #WaltWhitman #Literature #BookDesign #Handletter #1860 https://t.co/8iBPLITn9W
Leather / Fine Binding, 2018
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Carpinteria
Jim CamposA 1966 collection of recipes compiled by homemakers living in the Los Chiquitos neighborhood of Carpinteria, CA. Sold for $1.50 at the time, the book's profits supported the Children's Home Society of California. Uploaded by: Zoe Reifel https://t.co/Kkyddjknl3
Hardcover, 2007
$31.99Member price:$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Chronicles of Narnia: 7 Books in 1 Hardcover
C. S. LewisContributor to Kacee Bridgman, uploaded the covers of C.S Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia books. The cover illustrations were made by Pauline Baynes. Pauline was an English illustrator, author, and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books. https://t.co/B49rHZzFYC
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Penguin Books: The Ultimate Penguin Book for Kids: 100+ Amazing Facts, Photos, Quiz and More
Jenny KellettPublished in 1971 by Penguin Books, Baltimore, 'Drop Out!' is the journal of a South African academic who dropped out, took LSD, and lived rough on the streets of London. 📚 Written by Robin Farquharson, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into the counterculture movement https://t.co/lLTkCtbG5U
Paperback, 2025
$17.39Member price:$15.65 + Free shipping10% off
Leaves of Grass
Walt WhitmanLettered title page of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' lettered by Thayer and Eldridge, 1860 #PeoplesGDArchive #GraphicDesignHistory #GraphicDesignArchive #WaltWhitman #Literature #BookDesign #Handletter #1860 https://t.co/8iBPLITn9W
Paperback, 2017
$14.56Member price:$7.28 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Twentieth Century: A People's History
Howard Zinn@nytimesarts "Inspired by “A People’s History of the United States,” Howard Zinn’s 1980 book that broadened the definition of events deemed worth documenting, the archive embraces multiple perspectives."
Paperback, 2003
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Dot
Scharmaine L. BakerDonald Crews is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. Ten Black Dots is a counting book for early readers. Each page rhymes as the reader counts the dots page by page from the number 1 to the number 10. Video from Mary Ellen Ariotti https://t.co/efGFnNTVok
Hardcover, 2016
$15.99Member price:$14.39 + Free shipping10% off
Bolsheviks and Workers Control
Maurice BrintonThe Bolsheviks and Workers’ Control pamphlet, 1972 Maurice Brinton (author, AKA Chris Pallis) printed by the Detroit Printing Co-Op Solidarity, Black & Red #GraphicDesignArchive #GraphicDesignHistory #PeoplesGDArchive #DetroitPrintingCoOp @DanielleAubert https://t.co/0Pgcs3d6bu
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A People's History of the United States: The Civil War to the Present
Howard Zinn@nytimesarts "Inspired by “A People’s History of the United States,” Howard Zinn’s 1980 book that broadened the definition of events deemed worth documenting, the archive embraces multiple perspectives."
Paperback, 2003
$23.99Member price:$22.79 + Free shipping5% off