Vintage Surfing Graphics: TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!

Covering the 1920s to the 1960s, this book brings together vintage ads, postcards, brochures, and photographs as well as period "Top 10" lists covering surf superstars, songs, and surfing spots, that vividly communicated the carefree excitement of surfing as a way of life that everyone wished they could enjoy. If you've ever found yourself waxing nostalgic for bygone beach culture, this is the book for you. 

For such an inexpensive book, the production quality is exceptional. This is also a great companion book to Leroy Grannis: Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s.

Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 192 pages