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| What is this website
about? You find book covers designed by Dick Bruna from the Black Bear series published by Bruna & Son in Utrecht from 1957-1970. If you are interested you can order these books. |
| Who is Dick
Bruna? Dick Bruna (1927) is a graphical designer living in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Well known for his Miffy children books, he designed from 1957 till 1970 famous book covers in the "Black Bears" book series of publishing house Bruna & Son, one of the first mass paperback series in the Netherlands. |
| Why are Black Bear books interesting? Dick Bruna experimented with collage and montage and was influenced by Matisse, Leger and Mondrian in the development of his unique style. These clear designed covers and their mascots became trade-marks of the publishing company in such a iconical way that they needed no words to convey messages intended for publicity. |
| Why this
website? There are many admirers of book cover design of Dick Bruna. For collectors not living in Holland it is difficult to buy these used books. That is why this website, owned by a collector in Holland, offers original used books. |
| How do I order?
Option 1. On the website you will find used books that are in stock. For ordering use the mailform on the contact-page or e-mail to info@retrobook.com Option 2. You can ask for a free search for a specific book cover. If you want a free search, please use the mailform on the contact-page. |
| Is there a catalogue of
book covers? Recently (Tokyo, 2004) Koichi Yanagimota published a book which is a comprehensive catalogue of the book cover designs that Bruna created during his career. There are also some websites with a selection of covers. |
| What are the costs of
ordering? For international orders a black bear book costs (with a few exceptions) Euro 5 (USD, JPY and other currencies: exchange rate of the day). A search order is free. Standard mailing costs are for the buyer. Exceptions (scarce books) costs Euro 10, and are noted with ** after the order number in the list of books. For international payment we prefer PayPal. |
| I am
interested, what now? Please use the mailform on the contact-page or e-mail info@retrobook.com Mention what book- or order number you want. If you ask for a search, please give the title or the book number. You will get a re:mail as soon as possible. In this mail the total costs will be stated inclusive mail costs. |
| I still
have questions Please ask! Use the mailform on the contact-page of this website or mail your questions to info@retrobook.com |
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