Archive for August 5th, 2009:

Caustic Cover Critic on Nicholas Motte’s covers for Dalkey Archive, with lots of nice pictures (I LOVE the liberal use of pink; Hot Pink, I hope you never go out of style!):

And while you’re there, I urge you to check out his post on Penguin’s Great Ideas series, with glorious hi-res images, which I am most appreciative of, seeing as these are not destined for U.S. bookstore shelves. This here’s my favorite one.

That reminds me, an older copy of De Quincey’s book is featured in the display “The Horrors of Opium Consumption,” at the excellent blog of The National Museum of Hospital and Pharmaceutical History: http://hospitalmuseum.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-subject-of-opium.html:

Vintage Swedish book covers at A Journey Round My Skull:

 

And Book Covers Anonymous on Penguin’s “Couture Classics” deluxe editions. Yeah, it’s not going to appeal to everyone! But I have to say, I DO think this is a good idea in terms of getting teenage girls interested in the books. Is that cynical of me? As a former teenage girl, I don’t think so!

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