The Soviet film posters book I'm writing about is the large-size version (ISBN 978-3836589529, 34x26mm with 320 pages) and not the smaller version (ISBN
978-3754405543, 15x21mm with 512 pages). Both sizes have the same cover design, so you need to make sure you get the larger copy, which I think is the better of the two.
The 250 posters are so unlike anything produced in the West during the 20s and 30s. They rely on incredibly strong graphics, especially photomontages, to put their message across to the public. The only common element is the use of faces in lots of different photographic and art styles.
The posters are presented on black pages throughout the book. Each gets a reasonable-length caption about the film, plus technical details naming the designer, size, date etc. The author writes a worthwhile essay about the designers who created this amazing art. The back pages has brief biogs of them and a three-page index.
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