Archive for 'Fiction'


A Whim to Kill, 1971

Jacket by Lawrence Ratzkin.


The Panama Affair, 1971

Cover design by Ted Menten.






Georg Buchner, 1963

Cover design by Saul Lambert.
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Théâtre, J.P. Sartre, 1947

Here’s something a little different—and older—than I usually feature. But still very graphic and abstract cover in its own way. The back (second shot, detail) retains more of the gold stamping it originally had.

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The Black Cloud, 1960

I’ve been staying away from Penguins lately in favor of more obscure publishers, but this one caught my eye. The “cover drawing by John Griffiths” is a little different for them.

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Cyrano de Bergerac, 1966

Gotta love this. Design: Gips & Danne.

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Four Quartets, 1971

Cover design by Ellen Raskin.

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Sadness, 1980

70s book cover design, 80s type, seventies typography, custom type eighties


The Balcony, 1958

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

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…

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