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Fading Ads of Gloucester by Chris West

Fading Ads of Gloucester extends the current series from the History Press in the UK, USA, and Ireland. The material has been researched and gathered … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Signs in Media

Fading Ads of Cincinnati

Fading Ads of Cincinnati by Ronny Salerno is the latest in the series of books from The History Press. Documenting the ghostsigns of his hometown, … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Signs in Media
Cover of Ghost Signs of Dublin by Antonia Hart and Lynn Nalty

Ghost Signs of Dublin by Antonia Hart

Last year saw the publication of Ghost Signs of Dublin, to my knowledge the first book covering the subject in Ireland. It is the latest … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Sign Folk, Signs in Media

Fading Ads of Philadelphia by Lawrence O’Toole

This ghostsign advertising Roxy’s Hunting Goods did for Lawrence O’Toole what the Stoke Newington Fount Pens sign did for me. It sensitised him to the … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Signs in Media
Cover of the book Fading Ads of St. Louis by Wm. Stage

Fading Ads of St. Louis by Wm. Stage

This stunning photograph is from the cover of Wm. Stage‘s latest addition to the ghostsigns literature, ‘Fading Ads of St. Louis‘. Stage’s first book, ‘Ghost … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Sign Folk, Signs in Media
Cover of Fading Ads of Birmingham book by Charles Buchanan and Jonathan Purvis

Fading Ads of Birmingham by Charles Buchanan and Jonathan Purvis

Birmingham, Alabama, is the location for this addition to the ghostsigns literature from resident advertising expert and artist Charles Buchanan. For a city founded as … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Signs in Media
Fragment of hand-painted sign for Lewis Stone

Liverpool Ghost Signs by Caroline and Phil Bunford

Today sees the publication of the UK’s first ghostsigns book. Liverpool Ghost Signs by Caroline and Phil Bunford is “a sideways look at the city’s … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Sign Folk, Signs in Media
Liverpool Ghost Signs Book Cover

Liverpool Ghostsigns book available to pre-order

[Update: Now published.] Every book comes with a free foreword from me, pre-order it here.

Categories Signs in Media
Liverpool Ghost Signs Book Cover

Book News: Liverpool Ghostsigns

[Update: Now published.] Caroline & Phil Bunford have just released this preview of the cover of their forthcoming book Liverpool Ghostsigns. If you look very … Read more

Categories Signs of Note
Fading Ads of New York City Book Cover

Fading Ads of New York City

The eagerly awaited release of Frank Jump’s ‘Fading Ads of New York City’ book is almost upon us. I was fortunate enough to be offered … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Signs in Media

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