tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post7471608064254133985..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: Beauty (in book covers) is in the eye of the beholderlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-49920886121364802482011-12-23T11:13:30.306+11:002011-12-23T11:13:30.306+11:00Dee, I'm glad someone else hated the Saki cove...Dee, I'm glad someone else hated the Saki cover, I thought it was hideous. The brown paper cover isn't a bad solution though.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-27636074451033069162011-12-22T02:06:57.432+11:002011-12-22T02:06:57.432+11:00Hi
i so agree with you (Lyn) about the devil-face ...Hi<br />i so agree with you (Lyn) about the devil-face Saki cover? Whoever chose it? How does it tie in with the content? It mystified me. Also, i think sales of that edition were very poor indeed. i got mine at a charity store and covered it in brown paper!<br /><br />Thanks for some lovely images<br /><br />X dee<br />(databunny)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-43492405710184464852011-06-22T18:40:47.841+10:002011-06-22T18:40:47.841+10:00Escaping, that's interesting about more Virago...Escaping, that's interesting about more Virago hardcovers. I wasn't tempted by the last lot because I already owned the books I was interested in, I wonder what they're doing this time? I also find it interesting when the same painting is used for different books, always makes me wonder what the publishers/designers were trying to represent. Simon, the NYRB books are definitely lovely, I don't have nearly enough of them!lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-50222500717017136612011-06-22T02:46:16.774+10:002011-06-22T02:46:16.774+10:00Beautiful! I don't think I've seen any NY...Beautiful! I don't think I've seen any NYRB Classics covers I didn't love.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-17711144924765651832011-06-21T23:49:50.144+10:002011-06-21T23:49:50.144+10:00I am a great sucker for a good looking book - my i...I am a great sucker for a good looking book - my instinct is to duplicate my favourite books when a new beautiful cover is bought out! I noticed this week that Virago is publishing more of its lovely hardback books later in the year... I think the temptation to add to my collection will be too strong! <br />I've also been thinking about book covers recently, specifically when publishers chose to use the same painting for different books - it makes me wonder about the use of a painting to reflect the content of the book and how a specific image connects the various books.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654716165687977221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-45131677073123537572011-06-19T13:47:15.667+10:002011-06-19T13:47:15.667+10:00Dani, the Vintage Classics are definitely beautifu...Dani, the Vintage Classics are definitely beautiful. Have you seen their Alice in Wonderland with Alice's striped-stockinged legs on the cover? I buy the Sourcebooks Heyers in preference to the Arrow editions. The paper quality is just so much better & I heard that the Arrow editions were full of misprints (the early titles anyway) which put me off.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-86880809615236869882011-06-18T13:48:27.508+10:002011-06-18T13:48:27.508+10:00...duh, you're showing those NYRBs! Sorry, it......duh, you're showing those NYRBs! Sorry, it's late here. :)Daniellehttp://danitorres.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-70775568976325052742011-06-18T13:47:21.434+10:002011-06-18T13:47:21.434+10:00Love those Maugham covers--Vintage always does goo...Love those Maugham covers--Vintage always does good covers it seems. Unfortunately TBD is Always OS on Maugham's books (the Vintage editions). I also love those Heyer's and have been collecting them! Not sure how readily available they are over there, but to my list of likes--NYRB classics and Europa editions are always very nicely done, too!Daniellehttp://danitorres.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-79379556617203300322011-06-18T13:34:23.929+10:002011-06-18T13:34:23.929+10:00Karen, I love the Wodehouse hardbacks too but I...Karen, I love the Wodehouse hardbacks too but I've been snapping up some of the Arrow paperbacks from a remainders bookseller here so I'm very happy to be getting those for 30% of the original price. Darlene, shall I confess that I only bought this new Penguin Classics Saki once they changed the cover? The previous cover had a horrible mask-like face on it on a horrible green background. I couldn't never quite bring myself to buy it. This new cover is so much more elegant. Yvette, a lovely cover will definitely make me pick up a book in bookshop or library. Galant, guilty as charged about the Heyer (almost) headless woman! I didn't even notice it. I also try to choose an appropriate bookmark for the books I'm reading. I have a lot of Persephone bookmarks (they send extra ones with the Quarterly) & they often suit whatever it is I'm reading.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-47086555408748247682011-06-18T06:54:38.418+10:002011-06-18T06:54:38.418+10:00Daisy Goodwin's novel, The Last Duchess, was a...Daisy Goodwin's novel, The Last Duchess, was a class act of a cover - I loved it almost as much as I loved the book. I even chose a painting of a woman in a silk dress of the period to use as marker, but then I am obsessive about having a 'suitable' marker for whichever book I'm reading (I don't carry that so far as to slap a slice of toast in Nigel Slater's memoir, Toast!)<br />Back with Penguins, I loved the early novels of Alexandra Raife, The Larach and Grianan, which like Katie Fforde's early novels, were painterly interiors, rooms you wanted to visit and often featuring chairs close to firesides, chairs you wanted to curl up in.<br />By the way, in your choice of covers there was one almost headless woman on the Heyer, ha, har!<br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-28159392767417181812011-06-18T06:34:12.578+10:002011-06-18T06:34:12.578+10:00All beautiful covers, Lyn. I am very fond of a bea...All beautiful covers, Lyn. I am very fond of a beautiful cover. I have to say that it influences me to, at least, pick up a book in a bookstore. Although mostly I go by the author name.<br /><br />An ugly or badly designed cover always makes me think that the publisher is not overfond of the book to begin with.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-54854813029897206992011-06-18T02:51:41.578+10:002011-06-18T02:51:41.578+10:00The cover on that Larkin draws me in and I much pr...The cover on that Larkin draws me in and I much prefer the cover on your Saki. My edition of The Complete Saki features him wearing a hat and I can't quite decide if it makes him look silly or spooky!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-26061201464160588642011-06-17T23:14:28.832+10:002011-06-17T23:14:28.832+10:00I love the NYRB Classics! I've been thisclose...I love the NYRB Classics! I've been thisclose to buying The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn by Brian Moore, simply because of the cover. Of course I could check out a different edition from the library for free, but that wouldn't be nearly as much fun, would it? <br /><br />And don't get me started on my other new obsession, the Overlook hardcovers of P. G. Wodehouse. There are 75 and I want them ALL.Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-69986814250261613802011-06-17T18:53:13.831+10:002011-06-17T18:53:13.831+10:00I wonder about e-books & covers too, Nicola. T...I wonder about e-books & covers too, Nicola. The cover of an e-book is irrelevant really once you start reading because you can't see it easily. But then, if you don't have a cover to attract you, how do you know you want the book unless you've heard of it, read a review etc. Diane, I'll have to look up Europa, I don't know them. NYRB books are very classy, aren't they? Rose, with the demise of Borders & A&R here, there'll be even less chance for us to browse in bookstores & be tempted. There's no bookshop in the shopping centre near my library now, only department stores & the ABC shop.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-73723294268989109492011-06-17T13:58:48.987+10:002011-06-17T13:58:48.987+10:00Book covers can be amazingly tempting, your sample...Book covers can be amazingly tempting, your samples would certainly tempt me! Most of my Miss Read books are orange covered Penguins with sweet little drawings but I do like the two you have.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751315680374413649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-83014755539752434112011-06-17T11:21:21.890+10:002011-06-17T11:21:21.890+10:00Those covers are gorgeous. I think NYRB classics a...Those covers are gorgeous. I think NYRB classics and Europas have such pretty cover art.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-82443338252179092442011-06-17T10:36:42.157+10:002011-06-17T10:36:42.157+10:00I have a weakness for great book covers, too. The...I have a weakness for great book covers, too. There was an interesting comment from Daisy Goodwin recently who said that with the rise of the Kindle and other electronic media the marketing associated with book covers will be invalid. I wonder how this will develop.Nicolahttp://vintagereads.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com