book cover blog

A blog dedicated to nice book covers, as judged by me (Sarah - someone who, with more shelf-space and money, would buy books purely for their covers)

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The Art of Penguin Science Fiction

dare you to pick just one

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Some cool typographical designs for book covers / The Great Gatsby, Against Happiness, Loneliness, Colossus & other poems

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Here is an article featuring 20 classic Penguin cover designs. The first is probably my personal favourite from the list, illustrated by David Caplan.

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More Common Wild Flowers / John Hutchison  Pelican (1945)

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Check out this nice collection of Vintage Pelican covers over on AbeBooks

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zwarte beertjes book cover designs by miffy creator dick bruna

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Virginia Woolf / Orlando (Penguin)

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More Moomincover Madness

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Some really sweet Tove Jansson covers by Puffin

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Italian crime fiction pt. II / Carlo Lucarelli

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Italian crime fiction x NYRB

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First place entry for Puffin Design Award 2013 / Vicky Mills (see the other entries here)

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Check out this nice Guardian compilation of classic Pelican book covers!

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Muriel Spark / The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin, 1960s)

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Ali Smith / There but for the (Penguin, 2012)

- this is one I particularly like because, unlike many contemporary books by woman authors, the cover design is pretty classic and gender neutral

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Dutch edition of The Hobbit (1980s)