book (design) story #480
b. traven:
die brücke im dschungel
büchergilde gutenberg, berlin, 1929
printer: buchdruckwerkstätte g.m.b.h., berlin
size: ?? x ?? cm
designer: (unknown)
"the bridge in the jungle" by b. traven (1890?-1969) was first published in german in the year 1929 by the büchergilde gutenberg, at that time still in berlin.
the book design combines modernist elements like large titles based on an asymmetric geometry ...
... with more traditional elements like a classic roman typeface, centred chapter numbers and hand-drawn initials.
no designer is credited. nevertheless, the book made it among the "50 most beautiful books of 1929" at the first such competition held in germany in 1930.
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