Contemporary Political Ideologies

May 29, 2009 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments

Don’t get much simpler than this…

sixties design, seventies design, 60s, 70s, circles, abstract, op art, book cover, modern

The Messiah

May 27, 2009 | Filed Under Sci-Fi | 1 Comment

Love the hot pink with the mustardy illustration. The dimensional type is great, too.

60s, sixties design, sci-fi, sci fi, science fiction, book cover, sixties type

The slab serif on the spine is cool, even if it’s a bit outta place.

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The Outsider, 1963

May 26, 2009 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | 1 Comment

60s, sixties design, book cover, overprint, modern, graphic, abstract

Groovy Marxism

May 21, 2009 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments

The back says this is actually a detail from a Cuban poster.

60s, sixties design, graphic book cover, book design, cuban poster, stripes design, abstract

Culture and Society

May 19, 2009 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments

I like how the striped wrap around the spine.

stripes design, 60s, 70s, sixties design, seventies design, book cover, abstract, Pelican books, Penguin books

Greene Penguins

May 18, 2009 | Filed Under Fiction | No Comments

I love the Penguin cover system. Here’s a couple good ones from Graham Greene using pretty different illustrations (by Paul Hogarth) within that same structure.

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Penguin books, 60s, 70s, sixties design, seventies, design, book cover

Point Counter Point

May 5, 2009 | Filed Under Fiction | 1 Comment

I love the screened black and the yellow printing together.

60s, 70s, sixties design, seventies, design, book cover, abstract, square pattern, op art

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The Medium is the Massage

May 5, 2009 | Filed Under Non-Fiction, Odd | 1 Comment

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What’s fun is looking at it sideways so you can see the face better:

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And I usually don’t show the inside, but that’s where this book is best:

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100th Monkey

May 5, 2009 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments

Some subtle overprinting on what looks like a 3-color print job.

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Monster Stripes

May 5, 2009 | Filed Under Non-Fiction | No Comments

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