Talk:Alston Purvis

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A tag has been placed on Alston Purvis requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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I believe this page is relevant because Alston Purvis has published more than 18 books and articles on the subject of graphic design and this information and links to the publishers should be made available to all people interested in the subject. I am still working on it so it is not finished yet.

Here's a list of the books and articles I gathered up until 2002 (without links yet):

Jan Tschichold: Posters of the Avantgarde V&K Publishing, Laren, The Netherlands November, 2006

Dutch Graphic Design Thames & Hudson, London November, 2006

A History of Graphic Design, 4th edition Co-author John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken November, 2005

The Vendetta: FBI Hero Melvin Purvis’s War Against Crime and J. Edgar Hoover’s War Against Him Public Affairs, New York October 2005

Creative Type: A Sourcebook of Classic and Contemporary Letterforms Co-author Thames & Hudson March, 2005

H.N. Werkman: The Calendar as Medium Ploeg Jaarboek 2004, (Ploeg Annual 2004) Stichting De Ploeg, Groninger Museum Groningen,The Netherlands 2005

H.N. Werkman Laurence King, London Yale University Press, New Haven Atrium, Amsterdam September, 2004

Graphic Design 20th Century Co-author V&K Publishing, Blaricum, The Netherlands March, 2003

A Century of Posters Co-author V&K Publishing, Blaricum, The Netherlands February, 2002

James Stern: A Life in Letters, 1904-1903 By Miles Huddleston Memoir on pages 293-297 Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd Wilby, Norwich, UK

Wendingen 1918-1932 Co-author Princeton Architectural Press, New York V&K Publishing, Laren, N.H., The Netherlands March 2001

Graphic Design History Renewal and Upheaval: Dutch Graphic Design Between the Wars H.N. Werkman: The Outsider Edited by Steven Heller and Georgette Balance Allworth Press, New York 2001

In Agris Occupatis, Dutch Design During the German Occupation Print Magazine July/August 1996

The Typographic Art of H. N. Werkman Print Magazine May/June 1995

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman and The Next Call Massachusetts College of Art Catalogue September 1994

The Extraordinary Signs of Walker Evans Print Magazine September/October 1993

Review of Dutch Moderne, Graphic Design from De Stijl to Deco by Steven Heller, Print Magazine September/October 1993

Renewal and Upheaval, Dutch Design Between the Wars Print Magazine November/December 1991

[edit] next steps

1. Get any earlier books--articles are not necessary. and add the ISBNs, the 10 or 13 digit number for the book. 2. Add some bio details--especially his university positions and degrees 3. find some book reviews of his books. Any librarian can help. DGG (talk) 21:51, 18 October 2007 (UTC)