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Which publishers make the best book covers?

>> No.16539196
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16539196

Wordsworth

>> No.16539224

>>16539183
Is this real? Can I get this as a physical copy?

>> No.16539273

>>16539183
No fucking way

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>>16539183
I found this one on Amazon.

>> No.16540933

>>16539196
I KNOW THE FIRST THREE NUMBERS

>> No.16540995

>>16539183
Which two brothers are they? Ivan and Aleksei?

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>>16539183
>>16539196
>>16540914

>> No.16541019

Everyman’s Library

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>>16540914
>>16539196
>>16539183
The sight of these are extremely upsetting and ruining my entire experience as a civilized modern human being.

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>> No.16541047

>>16540995
i'm thinking mitya and aleksey towards the start, aleksey is the one on top

>> No.16541073

>>16541033

Well that's beautiful

>> No.16541093
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>>16540933
kek
>>16539183
Folio society has some nice ones, picked up this for a couple euros

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>>16539183
Corgi.

>> No.16541100

>>16541033
Nice drawing.
Would tattoo on my chest/10

>> No.16541104

>>16541093
>red
Just no. Grey or white would be much better. The story is in a cold, snowy place.

>> No.16541110

>>16541096
Terry Pratchett's books covers are aewsome. Better than the actual books, sometimes.

>> No.16541115

>>16539183
>judging a book by its cover

>> No.16541132

>>16541115
if the book was good enough somebody would have cared to put it inside a decent cover

>> No.16541284

>>16541019
Worst

>> No.16541289

>>16539183
Scribner and Vintage

>> No.16541432

>>16541033
This might actually be the worst one yet

>> No.16541567

>>16540933
IM IN

>> No.16541614

>>16539183
>Illustrated Platinum Edition
Does anyone have those illustrations?

>> No.16541635
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This publisher from my country has some pretty cool editions

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>>16541635
Portuguese edition of Heart of Darkness

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>>16541648
Malinowski's Argonauts

>> No.16541663

>>16541104
but muh ussr

>> No.16541668
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16541668

covers are mostly for people who just want a pretty book instead of actually reading it

prove me wrong, you can't

>>16541635
also, goobrigao suprisao joobrao de mumu gaiju gu bau badau

>> No.16541684
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Another publisher's collection of short stories from Fernando Pessoa.

>> No.16541702

>>16541668
nice-looking books is one of the main draws of owning physical books in the age of ereaders and digital files though

>> No.16541727

>>16539196
Wordsworth has cheap books so I'm fine with it. It really does feel like the guy who makes them though has 2 hours total photoshop experience.

>> No.16541731

>>16541668
schreoit degung kamerolemonischer uns wilheonber

>> No.16541740

>>16541031
Bitch

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>>16539183
Some the academic presses are top notch.
Princeton UP, Yale UP, MIT, Belknap/Harvard—some real gems
Folio society in general
Taschen, Prestel, Thames and Hudson, Abbeville, Phaidon all make great, oversized art books

>> No.16541753

>>16540933
THE TABLES FLIPPED NOW WE GOT ALL THE COCONUTS BITCH