Dropout! 1968

February 8, 2010 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments
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Continuing on a theme…

February 4, 2010 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments
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Here’s another contrasty stat-cam’ed bunch of people. But what really makes this cover is that it’s red and pink. RED and PINK!

Designed by Gary Gore. 1969.

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Existence

February 2, 2010 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments
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A little light reading. Published in 1958, but not sure when this cover (for the 5th printing) was designed. But it did say it was by John+Mary Condon.

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B.E.A.S.T., 1967

January 27, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | No Comments
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Lemme spell it out for ya: “Biological Evolutionary Animal Simulation Test.”

I have a feeling it doesn’t go well.

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(No illustration credit! A crime!)

Captain Dreyfus, 1957

January 24, 2010 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments
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Another great one by the great one: Roy Kuhlman.

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The Politics of American Science, 1972

January 19, 2010 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments
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Another gem by MIT Press. Designed by the awesomely named Coco Raynes.

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The Case of the Lucky Legs, 1967

January 16, 2010 | Filed Under Fiction | No Comments
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Cover design by Bill Botten.

Penguin Plays

January 11, 2010 | Filed Under Fiction | No Comments
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Two versions of the cover layout for the Penguin Plays series.

Left: Cover design by Denise York, 1966. Right: Cover design by Henning Boehlke, not sure when, but this printing is from 1975.

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Creepy

January 7, 2010 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | 2 Comments
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One of the weirder visuals I’ve come across lately. And from Playboy?!

Front cover construction: Don Baum. Photograph: Bill Arsenault.” 1970.

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Let’s continue Roy Kuhlman Fest!

January 4, 2010 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | 1 Comment
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Here’s another great one by Mr. Kuhlman, from 1959. I’m sure I’ve got more in here somewhere…

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