Love this bizarro color palette. And liked the abstract composition before I realized it said “Mill”. Probably a series?

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I also like how the inside is two columns.


A Theory of Justice, 1973


The Analysis of Fantasy, 1973

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Another good’n from MIT Press.






Mass Communications, 1960



Church up the street had a rummage sale, and I found this great series. Uses overprinting to good effect.

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Great pattern. Great colors.
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I also dig the Addison-Wesley logo:

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Cover design by Andrew Kner.

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Edition isn’t dated, but found some references to this edition for 1970, which seems about right.

Cover design by Virginia Smith.

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Wonder if Volume 1 is the same? Maybe different colors?

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Always love MIT press, for their minimal backs and nice, tidy spines.

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