#book covers

2othcentury:

Sweet Valley Twins #12: Keeping Secrets (1987)

A selection of covers from Philip Levine’s books (U.S. editions) and pamphlets (U.K. editions) spanning his body of work

yan-wo:

The Conference of the Birds, Persian Manuscript, circa 1600; Safavid
Iran (Isfahan)

Books read in March 2022
BUSTER UNDERCOVER by Caleb Zane Huett
TIGER VS. NIGHTMARE by Emily Tetri
THE MUSHROOM AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS by Oliver Burkeman
CAMP by Kayla Miller
FIBBED by Elizabeth Agyemang
SLIP by Marika McCoola and Aatmaja Pandya
WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A LIST OF FURTHER POSSIBILITIES by Chen Chen
THE LESBIANA’S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL by Sonora Reyes

I’ve recently started a new tumblr for all the photos that I take of my hand holding books, it’s a lot cheaper and more space effective than actually buying them…

http://bookinthehand.tumblr.com/ 

http://plutopresscovers.tumblr.com/

Here are some recent and striking typographic covers from the independent radical publishers Pluto Press. The Syriza one designed by Jamie Keenan is a bit of a personal favourite. The others are by David Gee, and the Chomsky’s are by David Pearson (nice use of Druk). Pluto have a rich history of typographic covers, I’m a big fan of their old ones by Richard Hollis, very utilitarian (some examples here&here). That double P logo has held up pretty well too.

Worth mentioning that their books (not just the covers) are very interesting too, I just bought Curationism the other day which I’ve been meaning to read for ages, and their catalogue for spring 2016 has a new Owen Hatherley in it which should be good as always (nice cover too).

gazeteur:

S I X  O F  C R O W S   →   alternative book covers (part i·part ii)

editorial magazine · vintage hardcover
decorative · handlettering
typography · penguin paperback

happy halloween!  you can now purchase prints of my Recovering the Classics “Dracula” cover via the Creative Action Network!

Recovering the Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original covers for 50 of the greatest works of fiction in the public domain.  You can find out more info at RecoveringTheClassics.com.

I love a good book cover, don’t you? You know what’s even better than seeing their spines on your bookshelves? Seeing them on Instagram, face out, from accounts helmed by wonderful people in the creative industry. These curators hunt down cover designers for each post, giving the artists their well-deserved praise. Please do yourself a favor and fill your feed with these Instagram accounts that celebrate book cover design: http://bit.ly/2PobXC5

themaninthegreenshirt:

The Young Elizabethan was a ‘magazine for teenagers’. It lasted from the 1953 coronation of the Queen – after whom it was named – until 1973, when the Age of Aquarius had decidedly taken over from the New Elizabethan Age.

What a long-lost world this high-toned ‘magazine for teenagers’ opens up – a world of intelligent and highly literate youngsters with interests that ranged from books (above all, books) to world affairs, history, model-making, astronomy, nature, cycling, photography and ponies. One issue advertised a Heinz ‘Cowboy’s Breakfast’ colouring competition with three ponies on offer as prizes. If you didn’t want the pony, you could opt for 200 guineas (yes, guineas) in Premium Bonds.

There is not a whiff of celebrity (in the modern sense) or fashion, relationship problems or gossip. And the only concession to pop music is a monthly record round-up by groovemeister Sandy (The Boy Friend) Wilson.

The excellent books page is written by Noel Streatfield, author of Ballet Shoes – the October 1958 issue has a photo spread of up-and-coming ballerinas, all very elegant and ladylike, a far cry from today’s stringier, more athletic dancers.

starswaterairdirt:

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, 1897.

Andrew Lang.