Four Quartets, 1971

January 25, 2012 | Filed Under Fiction, Typographic | No Comments
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Cover design by Ellen Raskin.

four quartets, t.s. eliot, ellen raskin, typographic book cover, 70s design, seventies typography

 

Notre Dame of Paris, 1962

December 9, 2011 | Filed Under Architecture, Non-Fiction | 2 Comments
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Amazing illustration, by Jerome Snyder. The book also credits art director Edward A. Hamilton and designer Norma Levarie and even Stanley Morison for designing Times New Roman (used inside) in 1931!





 

Sadness, 1980

November 30, 2011 | Filed Under Fiction, Typographic | 1 Comment
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70s book cover design, 80s type, seventies typography, custom type eighties

 

Essays in Philosophical Analysis, 1969

November 28, 2011 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments
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This is one of my favorite finds recently.

sixties graphic design, 60s book cover design, philosophy book cover, abstract geometric

 

The Balcony, 1958

November 16, 2011 | Filed Under Fiction | No Comments
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Was thinking I probably had another Roy Kuhlman design laying around here somewhere. Lo and behold: this one just one color. I guess that’s a railing?

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Krapp’s Last Tape, 1960

November 11, 2011 | Filed Under Fiction, Typographic | 1 Comment
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Boy, Roy Kuhlman sure was having fun over there at Evergreen…

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Also, I love finding hidden little treats from the past, like someone’s addition to the half title here…

book worship

 

Pudd’nhead Wilson, 1955

October 26, 2011 | Filed Under Fiction | No Comments
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This is the 8th printing of this, but I imagine it’s the same cover as ’55. Another nice one from Evergreen/Grove, and quite possibly our pal Roy

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Modern French Literature, 1967

October 19, 2011 | Filed Under Fiction | No Comments
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Aaaah, I loves me a nice Albers knock-off.

The copyright page design credit is for John O. C. McCrillis, but I think that’s just the inside.

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Update!

Seen a couple comments/inquires out there about the typeface. I WISH I knew what it was. It’s great. Just for kicks, I scanned the spine so you could see some more of it…

cool type detail, extended, quirky, sans

 

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