Nova 1965-1975
London: Pavilion, 1993. 1st Edition. Folio, publisher's orange cloth, spine gilt, original illustrated dust jacket.
Oversized monograph on the groundbreaking British magazine Nova, which under the art direction of this volume's compilers Harri Peccinotti and David Hillman visually defined the aesthetics of Swinging London in the late 1960s and early 70s. Initially established as a women's magazine, with regular features on fashion, royalty and lifestyles, Nova's coverage of the social issues of the day – women's lib, contraception and abortion, the Vietnam war – coupled with its cutting-edge design and photography by the likes of Helmut Newton, Diane Arbus and Tony Evans, soon elevated it to the must-read magazine for sophisticates everywhere. "Nova's history spanned just eleven years, a bright star that flared and quite suddenly faded. The cultural and artistic streams that coincided to ignite Nova's brief brilliance were produced by nothing less than the redefinition of culture and society that began in post-war Europe and America." Eye-poppingly illustrated with hundreds of color and black-and-white photos and reproductions, featuring layouts from every year of the magazine's run, as well as the covers of each and every issue. With a list of contents and credits for each issue, and an index. Dust jacket designed by Hillman. Boards sunned, with dust jacket art offset to cloth, light rubbing to extremities; unclipped dust jacket with light sunning and some edgewear. Very good. Item #6277
$120.00