New Books and December Deliveries from the BLAG Shop
I’ve got some new titles in the BLAG Shop (see below), including the American Sign Museum book that starts shipping this week.
For December deliveries, orders must be placed by 27 November with the exception of the UK which has until 11 December.
New Books
Doyle David Butler’s Book
Packed with over 250 pages of exquisite design, lettering, and illustration inspiration, this new book is a slice through the prolific output of one of the sign world’s most revered designers. In the words of Mark Oatis: “Doyle David Butler loves what he does. You will too!”
There’s more from the book coming in BLAG 08.
The American Sign Museum Book
This lavishly illustrated book from The American Sign Museum invites you inside with over 250 photos showcasing its dazzling sign collection. Featuring detailed stories behind dozens of its most important exhibits, you’ll learn about the fascinating history of American signage, discover how this Museum came to be, and how the institution celebrates these signs and the craftspeople who make them.
If you’re ordering the book to somewhere in the EU, then let me know if you’d like it signed.
The Beatles in Posters
Artist Tony Both worked in Liverpool during the early 1960s, just around the corner from The Cavern Club and close to the Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein's office in Whitechapel. Tony’s work caught Epstein’s eye, and he went on to produce posters, printed leaflets and a wide variety of publicity and display materials for Epstein’s artists, most notably for a young four-piece beat combo called the Beatles. His original posters now fetch a considerable sum of money, and The Beatles in Posters features these as well as exact replicas of those that have been lost to time.
*Please note that I only have a handful of copies of this title as I bought the last remaining stock from the distributor.
The book has served as inspiration for an ‘On the Brush’ piece in BLAG 08.
Low Stock
The following publications are very low on stock, in some cases with just a single copy remaining.
- The Golden Era of Sign Design
- Lots of Sign: Jamaican Dancehall Signs
- Karbid: Berlin — From Lettering to Type
- BLAG 04
. This page of the shop has all available back issues, with BLAG 01 and BLAG 02 only available digitally.
The Golden Era of Sign Design | Lots of Sign | Karbid: Berlin | BLAG 04.
Even More Books
To close, here are some of the most popular titles from the last year of sales in the shop.
The Origin of the Serif | All the Fonts of the Fair | Sign Painting | Gold Leaf Techniques
Thank you for shopping with BLAG. All sales help to keep our adventures in sign painting on the road, and your shelves well stocked with knowledge and inspiration 😊
Sam
