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book (design) story #303

justus ehrhardt:
strassen ohne ende

agis-verlag, berlin/wien, 1931
printer: westdeutsche buchdruck-werkstätten-a.-g., düsseldorf; jacket: otto gröner, berlin
size: 19 x 13 cm
designer: werner eggert (jacket)

justus ehrhardt (1901-1944) was involved with the proletarian youth movement, and the lefist agis-verlag publshed his story about the boy hans schulze who illegally lives on the streets in 1931.

werner eggert (1909-196x) designed many impressive photomontage covers and jackets for leftist publications, in a style similar to john heartfield.

note how the endless line of sitting unemployed men continues on the yellow jacket flap.

the assymetrically arranged title features sans-serif capitals, with futura on the spine and flaps.

the logo of the agis-verlag with its spread-legged worker swinging a hammer – similar to the logo of "die schmiede" (see story 172) and "internationaler arbeiter-verlag" (story 301).