On Contemporary Literature

From either 1964 or 1969.

Lady Luck, 1963

Cover design by Robert Flynn.

Equus, 1975

Amazing geometric illustration. And another super-simple back. (Love the Bard logo, too.)

Automation, 1962

Pink and red again! Or pink and orange? And more Univers, too.

I love the big block of text on the front. Can’t imagine getting away with that today. Or with how little is going on on the back!

Designed by George Giusti.

Fury, 1955

Danish Bacon Cookery

Forgive the abrupt change in direction. Wanted to make sure the type wasn’t upside-down.

Not sure what year this was, but it was definitely post-1957 (when Univers was released). Designed by the Fleetway Creative Group. Photography by the Fleetway Studio. Recipe testing and preparation in the Fleetway Kitchen. Published by Danish Agricultural Producers Information Service on behalf of Danish Bacon Factories Export Association. Awesome.

Dropout! 1968

Continuing on a theme…

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.

Existence

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.