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Favorite Book Covers

PostPosted: August 12th, 2011, 12:25 pm
by lizzie23
Hi Peeps, i thought of starting this topic for a little fun, just post a picture of your favorite book cover design! I know we're not supposed to judge a book by its cover but i cant help admit that beautiful cover makes me pick up a book!

I'll start with my favorite design:
Pride and Prejudice Cover.jpg

Re: Favorite Book Covers

PostPosted: August 12th, 2011, 12:51 pm
by Wanda
Nice topic! Here's my favorite, Sherlock Holmes annotated hardcover books - when they're put together the spines form that silhouette of Sherlock :-D

sherlockholmes annotated hardbound.jpg

Re: Favorite Book Covers

PostPosted: August 13th, 2011, 11:14 am
by malounavarro
The Great Gatsby - by F. scott Fitzgerald
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From Wikipedia:
The cover of The Great Gatsby is among the most celebrated pieces of jacket art in American literature.[6] A little-known artist named Francis Cugat was commissioned to illustrate the book while Fitzgerald was in the midst of writing it. The cover was completed before the novel, with Fitzgerald so enamored of it that he told his publisher he had "written it into" the novel.[6]
Fitzgerald's remarks about incorporating the painting into the novel led to the interpretation that the eyes are reminiscent of those of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg (the novel's erstwhile proprietor of a faded commercial billboard near George Wilson's auto repair shop) which Fitzgerald described as "blue and gigantic — their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existent nose." Although this passage has some resemblance to the painting, a closer explanation can be found in the description of Daisy Buchanan as the "girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs".[6]

Re: Favorite Book Covers

PostPosted: September 4th, 2011, 6:42 pm
by Wanda
Found this article on The 20 Most Iconic Book Covers Ever, I got excited so i made a collage out of it! hehehe
http://flavorwire.com/206111/the-20-mos ... overs-ever

20 most iconic books covers 2.jpg

Re: Favorite Book Covers

PostPosted: September 5th, 2011, 1:03 pm
by Wanda
Some newer ones which I think could also be included as iconic
1) Harry Potter
2) Twilight - the red apple against the black background is very distinctive.

Re: Favorite Book Covers

PostPosted: September 6th, 2011, 10:53 am
by lizzie23
Wanda wrote:Found this article on The 20 Most Iconic Book Covers Ever, I got excited so i made a collage out of it! hehehe
http://flavorwire.com/206111/the-20-mos ... overs-ever

20 most iconic books covers 2.jpg


Hi wanda, nice collage! :-D Interesting line up! To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather, those are iconic talaga! And That's the original cover of Lolita pala! The usual one i see is the one with the girl's lips, wait lemme find a pic.....
here!
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