David Mabb

Cover for the paperback edition of ‘Without a Trace… by John D. Holmes for the Historical Materialism Book Series published by Haymarket Books. Cover art is a development of Painting 26, Long Live the New! Acrylic on wallpaper mounted on canvas, 2016 www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2916-w...

Cover for the paperback edition of ‘Lenin’s Comintern Revisited’ by John Riddell for the Historical Materialism Book Series published by Haymarket Books. Art is from ‘Leftover, Cross XIII (Elegy to the Third International)’. Mixed media on canvas (2021). www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2900-l...

Last two of ten rough cover designs, to be published autumn 2026 for the paperback edition of the Historical Materialism Book Series by Haymarket Books. They eventually will be seen here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/book-series/... and here: www.haymarketbooks.org/series_colle...

Second four of ten rough cover designs, to be published autumn 2026 for the paperback edition of the Historical Materialism Book Series by Haymarket Books. They eventually will be seen here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/book-series/... and here: www.haymarketbooks.org/series_colle...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series ‘Poetics of Value'. Cover art developed from ‘Dialectical Proposition 9, Vavara Stepanova ‘Textile Design in Black and White’ on ‘Kelmscott Manor’ tea towel’, fabric mounted on plywood, 2020. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2897-p...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series ‘Class, Race and the US South’. Cover art is development of Construct 81, William Morris, Golden Lily / Ad Reinhardt, Abstract Painting, acrylic on wallpaper mounted on linen, 2024. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2901-c...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series, Lucien Sève’s Thinking with Marx Today. Cover art is a development of ‘Construct 16. J H Dearle for Morris & Co. Compton / Malevich, First Suprematist Textile Design’, paint on wallpaper, 2005. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2893-t...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Communist Politics in Ireland 1916–1945. Volume 1. Cover art is a development of ‘Painting 25, Long Live the New! Morris & Co. Hand Printed Wallpapers and K. Malevich’s Suprematism’. Acrylic on wallpaper mounted on canvas, 2016.

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development from 'Construct 36, Morris, Willow Boughs / Rodchenko, fabric design'. Pen and paint on wallpaper mounted on canvas, 2006. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2891-m...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development from ‘Construct 21, Kathleen Kersey for Morris & Co. Arbutus / Kasimir Malevich, Fabric Ornament No. 10’, paint and wallpaper on canvas (2005). www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2889-h...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Art is a development from 'Construct 63, Morris, Golden Lily / Malevich, Suprematist Composition', paint on wallpaper, 2006. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2798-t...

Another four new rough cover designs, for the paperback edition, produced for publicity purposes, due to be published autumn 2026 by Haymarket Books for the Historical Materialism Book Series. They eventually will be seen here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/book-series/...

Four new rough cover designs, for the paperback edition, produced for publicity purposes, due to be published autumn 2026 by Haymarket Books for the Historical Materialism Book Series. They eventually will be seen here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/book-series/...

• Publisher/series: Haymarket Books — Historical Materialism book series • Cover art and design: David Mabb • Artwork: Construct 24, Morris, Medway / Rodchenko, Gas • Medium: Wallpaper and montage mounted on canvas • Year: 2006 • Reference: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2813-h...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development from ‘Rhythm 69 no.20, William Morris Block Printed Pattern Book with Hans Richter storyboard for “Rhythmus 25”’ paint and wallpaper on canvas, 2007. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2797-a...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development of 'Construct 32, Morris, Acorn / Rodchenko, Untitled Textile Design', pen on wallpaper mounted on linen (2006). www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2789-m...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art developed from ‘Rhythm 69 no. 9, paint and wallpaper on canvas (2007). www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2796-t...

This years poster for the Historical Materialism Conference London www.historicalmaterialism.org/.../twenty-t... The image is a development of ‘Rhythm 69, painting 65, paint and wallpaper on canvas 2007.

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development of 'Variant 1, Morris, Trellis / Stepanova, Optical', paint on wallpaper mounted on canvas, 2006. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2795-b...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a detail of ‘Construct 63, Morris, Golden Lily / Malevich, Suprematist Composition’, paint and wallpaper on canvas (2006). www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1972-t...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Art is a ‘Digital montage of a Luibov Popova Untitled Textile Design and a Bauhaus wallpaper’, 2025. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2931-t...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. The art is a section from ‘Painting 32, Rhythm 69', paint and wallpaper on canvas, 2007. cdn-app.haymarketbooks.org/books/2779-n...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development of 'Rhythm 69 no. 65', paint and wallpaper on canvas 2007. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2786-l...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development of Construct 21, Kathleen Kersey for Morris & Co. Arbutus / Kasimir Malevich, Fabric Ornament No. 12, paint and wallpaper on canvas, 2005. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2783-t...

‘Morris Mania. How Britain’s greatest designer went viral’ is now published in the Journal of William Morris Studies. The final version is available in print from the William Morris Society. A pre-copyedited version is available at www.academia.edu/165010049/Mo... Photo: William Morris Gallery.

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. The cover art is a development of Long Live the New! no. 42, Kazimir Malevich drawing on Morris & Co. design, paint and wallpaper on canvas (2016). www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2787-c...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development of 'Long Live the New! no. 43, Kazimir Malevich drawing on Morris & Co. design', paint and wallpaper on canvas, 2016. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2697-f...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development of 'Construct 46. Arbutus, Kathleen Kersey for Morris & Co. / Malevich drawing', paint and wallpaper on canvas (2006). cdn-app.haymarketbooks.org/books/2785-k...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development of 'Two Squares, no. 7. El Lissitzky’s ‘About Two Squares’ on William Morris ‘Daisy’ wallpaper', paint and paper on canvas, 2008. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2780-b...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is developed from Construct 38, William Morris, Fruit / Alexander Rodchenko, Hard Currency, wallpaper and paper mounted on linen, 2006. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2802-e...

Another four of eight rough cover designs, produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off, due to be published spring 2026 by Haymarket Books for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/series_colle...

Four of eight rough cover designs, produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off, due to be published spring 2026 by Haymarket Books for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/series_colle...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is from Medium Size Luxury Product no. 3. Bauhaus wallpaper on canvas, 2019. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2775-a...

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is an adaption of Luibov Popova Untitled Textile Design on May Morris Honeysuckle Wallpaper for Historical Materialism, edition of 100, screen print on wallpaper (2010). www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2677-f...

Cover design for ‘Revolutionary Subjectivity in the Thought of Karl Marx’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 23th December 2025. Cover art is from Construct 74, acrylic on wallpaper mounted on linen (2024). www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2716-r...

Cover design for ‘Alberto Flores Galindo’ for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 23 December 2025. Cover art is a development of Painting 15, Rhythm 69, Paint and wallpaper on canvas 2007. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2715-a...

Cover design for ‘Trouble in Paradise’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 6 January 2026. Cover art is a detail from a painting by Thomas Cole, ‘River in the Catskills’, oil on canvas (1843). Photo ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2701-t...

Cover design for ‘The Narrowest Path’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series, pub. 16th December 2025. Cover art is from Construct 75, after John Henry Dearle (for Morris & Co.) Iris / Varvara Stepanova, textile design, acrylic on wallpaper, 2023. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2703-t...

Cover design for ‘The Longest Night’ cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 16 December 2025. Cover art is a development of ‘Rhythm 69 no. 65, paint and wallpaper on canvas 2007. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2713-t...

Another three 'place holder' front cover designs produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off. This group is due to be published Spring 2026 by Haymarket Books, Chicago, for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/.../1-histor...?

Four rough 'place holder' front cover designs produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off. This group is due to be published Spring 2026 by Haymarket Books, Chicago, for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/.../1-histor...?

‪Recently found in the bottom of a cupboard, four original Historical Materialism prints from 2010. Originally sold for £75 in an edition of 100 (not 200) the print has been sold out for 14 years. Now priced at £200 all proceeds go to HM (not me). If you would like one, please go to HM reception.

First day of Historical Materialism. The Haymarket Bookstall, posters and lanyard.

Cover design for ‘Alastair Davidson: Gramsci in Australia’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 16 December 2025. Cover art is a development of Construct 53, paint on wallpaper mounted on linen, 2006. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2714-a...

‘One Hundred Historical Materialism Book Cover Designs’ as part of a panel on ‘Communist and Socialist Aesthetics: The Early Twentieth Century and Its Legacies’ at the London Historical Materialism Conference conference.historicalmaterialism.org Sunday 9th November 12.00-13.45 if you are there.

“Historical Materialism Book Cover Design: The Politics of Form in Modernist Pattern Design”, is published by the Journal of William Morris Studies Volume XXVI Nos 1-2 2025 is available in print from the William Morris Society, a pre-copyedited version is here 🔗 www.academia.edu/.../Historic....

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Poster for Historical Materialism Conference Plenaries. The image is ‘Painting 26, Rhythm 69' Paint and wallpaper on canvas (2007).

Cover design for ‘Paul Mattick: Selected Texts’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published September 2025. Cover art is a development of Painting 41, Rhythm 69, Paint and wallpaper on canvas, 2007. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2695-p...