Jerome Snyder, The Medal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts Awarded Posthumously on October 12, 1976. To Jerome Snyder : eloquent writer, designer, illustrator, unrelenting in his demand for excellence. AIGA, New York. Softcover booklet with light brown paper wrappers, 7 x 10, 24 pages. From the library of Lou Dorfsman. Design by Lou Dorfsman.
Laid in are (2) sets of Jerome Snyder’s “Artist–Designer” 1962 original and uncirculated personal stationary ... a folded letterhead and envelope; one set with red ink, the other with brown. Stationary designed by Lou Dorfsman in 1962 and included in AIGA’s Design and Printing for Commerce, 1963.
Uncommon. With an Introductory essay by Lou Dorfsman including (5) of his inked edits. Illustrated throughout with (22) black and white and color illustrations, mostly one per page. A short biography and credits on the final page.
From the Introduction ... “Jerome Snyder and artist/designer Milton Glaser shared a strong mutual interest in food quality (as well as its consumption). They created a “gourmet/literary” partnership and close collaboration. Their purpose was to uncover and reveal to the public the locations of rather obscure, reasonably priced restaurants in the New York City area which served good, well-prepared, innovative food. Under the appropriate heading of “The Underground Gourmet” ... delightfully and informatively written ...;” — the original “OGs!”
A very good stapled softcover and wrapper with a light crease to the upper front corner cover. Some rusty staples, one small tear and a bump along the bottom gutter edge throughout. With original, uncirculated sets of stationary laid in.