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1LucasTrask
AbeBooks has a list of 50 iconic book covers: http://www.abebooks.com/books/RareBooks/book-design-collectible-famous/iconic-bo...
In the recent thread about FS books not to buy there are several posts that mention covers. Are there any iconic FS covers? Here are two to start the discussion:
The Riddle of the Sands
The Folio Dairy 2007
In the recent thread about FS books not to buy there are several posts that mention covers. Are there any iconic FS covers? Here are two to start the discussion:
The Riddle of the Sands
The Folio Dairy 2007
3Quicksilver66
I love the Stones of Venice as well.
I would also nominate the recently published The Great Game, Legends of the Grail, Epics of the Middle Ages, the Ottoman Empire and Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
I would also nominate the recently published The Great Game, Legends of the Grail, Epics of the Middle Ages, the Ottoman Empire and Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
4Willoyd
I have to agree about the cover for The Riddle of the Sands. I see it's changed with the new edition - not nearly as effective.
A couple of other iconic covers for me:
Mistress Masham's Repose - although the picture doesn't really do the book credit
This is probably my all-time favourite non-LE FS single volume production (my LE cover is definitely Moby Dick)
I also have a strong sneaking regard for another TH White cover: The Once and Future King.
I also adore the covers (and illustrations) for the FS Charles Keeping Dickens series - personally much preferring them to the recent Nonesuch editions. For me Keeping and Dickens were a perfect match.
There are others I rate very highly - the cream Lord of the Rings covers, the new Henry James covers, Norwich's The History of Venice and so on and so on, but I think these are at least somewhere close to the top of the pile at least. It's the individuality of FS covers that really grabs me - which means that when they do 'classic' covers (like Trollope series, Macauley, Jane Austen - both series), I'm somewhat underwhelmed.
A couple of other iconic covers for me:
Mistress Masham's Repose - although the picture doesn't really do the book credit
This is probably my all-time favourite non-LE FS single volume production (my LE cover is definitely Moby Dick)
I also have a strong sneaking regard for another TH White cover: The Once and Future King.
I also adore the covers (and illustrations) for the FS Charles Keeping Dickens series - personally much preferring them to the recent Nonesuch editions. For me Keeping and Dickens were a perfect match.
There are others I rate very highly - the cream Lord of the Rings covers, the new Henry James covers, Norwich's The History of Venice and so on and so on, but I think these are at least somewhere close to the top of the pile at least. It's the individuality of FS covers that really grabs me - which means that when they do 'classic' covers (like Trollope series, Macauley, Jane Austen - both series), I'm somewhat underwhelmed.
