Century Guild
⚠︎ Low Stock Remaining: Slipcase Edition
Suave skeletons, shocking social hygiene ads, and all manner of dark and eerie occult artworks! Over one hundred rare original posters are documented in the expanded hardcover edition of Beautiful Macabre: Rare Posters 1868-1981 with commentary from historian and museum director Thomas Negovan. This deluxe, limited edition hardcover book features full-page, full-color, high-resolution images captured directly from the original artworks in the Century Guild museum archive!
A unique journey through over two decades of collecting, curating, and research, making this book a true permanent exhibition you can hold in your hands.
While the internet is a magnificent repository of data, at Century Guild we still love curling up with books! And many–if not most–of the images presented here are not available on the internet at all. Each image was captured from the original artwork, professionally photographed and meticulously color corrected, and printed for you to enjoy at the highest resolution possible.
Product information
No cost is spared in producing our books with exceptional quality. Century Guild's painstaking material selection process pushes the limits of today's printing standards, often involving custom-dyed cover stocks, spot varnishing, and presentations inspired by luxurious antique books.
We use sturdy, reinforced packaging to protect your item(s) in transit. Every order is carefully inspected and packed personally by our team to ensure quality and guarantee the safe arrival of your books, artworks, and other items.
About the Book
Curved, fabric library-style spine
Hand-signed on tipped-in vellum sheet
High-quality midnight-black fabric slipcase debossed in red with Bernhard Pankok's 1896 Sphinx Moth illustration
Curved, fabric library-style spine
Numbered slipcase edition:
Limited unnumbered AP slipcase copies remaining
No cost is spared in producing our books with exceptional quality. Century Guild's painstaking material selection process pushes the limits of today's printing standards, often involving custom-dyed cover stocks, spot varnishing, and presentations inspired by luxurious antique books.
All the images in this book are taken directly from the rare, original period artworks in the Century Guild collection, and are printed at the absolute highest resolution possible. We take extensive care in our image processing and color correction to ensure that the artworks are presented with accuracy and detail.
While many books rely heavily on the imaging practices of third parties, images featured in Century Guild books are faithfully captured directly from the original source materials.
Each of our books are a unique journey through over two decades of mindful collecting, curation, and original research, making these volumes true permanent exhibitions.
While the internet is a magnificent repository of data, at Century Guild we still love curling up with books! And many–if not most–of the images presented here are not available on the internet at all. Each image was captured from the original artwork, professionally photographed and meticulously color corrected, and printed for you to enjoy at the highest resolution possible.
