Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Book Covers/Jackets

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

I doubt there is any jacket more memorable or iconic than the 1925 one for TGG. What comes close?

le0pard13 said...: That is a great one. I always like the graphic design of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World myself.; 12:51 PM
Anonymous said...: The Gone with the Wind paperback cover, which takes a lot from the movie poster--predominantly red, Rhett holding Scarlett in his arms, little vignettes from the book/movie scattered all about. I believe the dust jacket of the first edition hardcover was much more sedate--but not nearly as memorable.

Deb; 2:21 PM
George said...: Any book with a Robert McGinnis cover.; 6:14 PM
Charles Gramlich said...: gotta admit, I thought the Great Gatsby cover was pretty horrid. That blue and those pinched red lips. eek! :); 1:41 AM
Prashant C. Trikannad said...: I like the covers of early western novels as well as any covers with hand-drawn illustrations. I feel like reading those books.; 6:20 AM
Anonymous said...: Those covers really are memorable, Patti. And yes, the one for The Great Gatsby is iconic.; 7:49 AM
Todd Mason said...: Tony Palladino's work had been pretty solid:
http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-and-one-magazine-covers-by-tony.html; 1:37 PM
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Todd Mason said...: As was that of Diane and Leo Dillon:

http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2012/05/leo-dillon-march-2-1933-may-26-2012.html; 1:59 PM
Erik Donald France said...: Catch-22 comes to mind.; 5:54 PM