See the World (Icons Series) [Paperback]

Jim Heimann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002 | Series: Icons

Collection of vintage travel illustrations from around the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3822816264
• ISBN-13: 978-3822816264
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #796,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > Reference & Tips > Reference
  • #57 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Writing > Travel

More About the Author

Jim Heimann is a resident of Los Angeles, a graphic designer, writer, historian, and instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He is the author of numerous books on architecture, popular culture, and Hollywood history, and serves as a consultant to the entertainment industry.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars See the world but get a ticket first., August 31, 2002

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Robin Benson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: See the World (Icons Series) (Paperback)

With all the pictures taken from consumer ads of the forties and fifties this book tries too hard to cover travel graphics. Just under half the pages are devoted to air travel which leaves very few pages for other forms of travel transport, buses get ten pages, trains get thirty-two, shipping gets eighteen, trains and shipping alone could have produced a book each.

Taschen's `Icon' series are inexpensive all color paperbacks that are meant to give you a `feel' of the subject, they are images only, either illustrations or photos and although I have bought better books in the series for the price `See the World' is still value for money. Most of the pictures come from the excellent `All-American ads 40s' (600 pages) and `All-American ads 50s' (926 pages) both edited by Jim Heimann.

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Collection of Images on Air Travel's Glory Days, October 18, 2004

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EY (Glendale, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: See the World (Icons Series) (Paperback)

This collection takes you back to a time when air travel had novelty and a a sense of mystique. The very high quality illustrations depict a more innocent time when you could say that air travel was something special--something not entirely out of reach, yet filled with an allure that has since been lost. Sadly, we probably will not see those days again.