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book (design) story #291

marieluise fleisser:
ein pfund orangen und 9 andere geschichten

gustav kiepenheuer verlag a.-g., berlin, 1929
printer: offizin haag-drugulin a.-g., leipzig
size: 17 x 13 cm
designer: georg salter (jacket + cover)

german writer marieluise fleisser (1901-1974) was born in ingolstadt, a bavarian town where she spent most of her life. in the 1920s she was part of bertold brecht's entourage. brecht's 1929 production of fleisser's play "pioniere in ingolstadt" caused a scandal. this book's title: "a pound of oranges and 9 other stories by marieluise fleisser from ingolstadt".

the impressum credits georg salter (1897-1967) for the design of the cover and the jacket. the mix of typefaces on the cloth cover printed in salter's favourite turquoise and orange-red colours (see story 257) is daring but it works. i wonder if georg salter's fresh, unconventional mixing of typefaces inspired jan tschichold to revise his "sans-serif only" doctrine (see book 29) by the early 1930s (see e.g. book 342).

the design of the front cover was also used for the jacket ...

... which is present on this paperback edition.