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Post your favourite book covers regardless of genre, style, date of publication, and edition.

I, for one, am a sucker for 60s sci-fi covers.

>> No.2203190
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Fucking 80s fantasy covers.

>> No.2203207

>>2203190

Oh fuck yes. The Sword and Sorcery generation bred some of the best fantasy artists that ever lived. Too computer graphics and bad design standards are slowly killing the fine art of hard-drawn cover art.

>> No.2203210

>>2203190
You actually like that cover?

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Although the hair isn't dark enough, I really like this cover.

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>> No.2203223
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I always thought these were the coolest BOTNS covers.

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>> No.2203230
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Fucking XVIIIs century covers.

>> No.2203231
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>> No.2203233

>>2203230
So fucking decadent and beautiful!

>> No.2203235
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There was something about reading an old beat up copy back in the day.

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>> No.2203245

>>2203210

I love S&S art, no matter its use. Frank Frazzeta is one of my all-time favourite draftsmen.

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personal fave

>> No.2203249
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>> No.2203254
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Simple, appreciable, nice to have a hard cover for an older work, and that point love to not have to bother with the jacket. But that's just me.

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>>2203249

OP here. Vintage has lovely covers. Here's my personal favourite. They really nailed the artwork on this one. Made my rageboner even harder when re-reading Sally Bowles.

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>> No.2203268

>>2203179
>that feel when your favorite book is so old that there is not digital image of it

>> No.2203266

>>2203249
all the covers posted in this thread suck except this one

>> No.2203267

Does anyone have that kickass Moby Dick cover? You know the one I'm talking about, with the eye?

>> No.2203270
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And OP again with some more sci-fi cover iconicism. To be frank, I've yet to read Ubik, but I'm tempted to do so just because of the first edition cover. Anyone knows where I can buy a facsimile?

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>>2203267
nevermind, found it

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>>2203271

Wow, amazing. Here's the one I purchased recently. Loved the cartoon art.

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>> No.2203284
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This might be the best cover for Breakfast at Tiffany's I've ever seen. I especially love how they actually put Audrey Hepburn on the cover even though Capote was outraged when he found out they had cast her for the role of Holly. Apparently the character was inspired by Marilyn Monroe, and he had high hopes they picked her instead.

>> No.2203290

>>2203275
Tony Millionaire, hell yeah! I knew it was True Love for Six Weeks with my most recent ex when she bought this edition from the used bookstore on our second date

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>> No.2203324
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I had an art thread up for over two weeks...

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>> No.2203332

>>2203284

that would have been dumb

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>>2203337

OP here. Folio classique has some of the best pocket covers on modern french editions. Here's my beloved 3 musketeers cover.

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>> No.2203370

>>2203352

Ugh, I hate it when they stamp testimonials on the front cover.

"one of the best books ever"

- like i give a damn magazine

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>> No.2203400

>>2203385
/d/:The Novel about how having sex turns you into an alligator.

"Such an enriching novel! The whole part about the couple having sex but then turning into an alligator was combined with such incitement into the pains of individualism that even I turned into an alligator!! And then I even had sex with myself!! AS AN ALLIGATOR!!! *raglesjf*- Harold Bloom(now an alligator).

"Truly remarkable. I'm writing fanfiction about it right now!"-Thomas Pychon.

"lolwut"-A pear.

>> No.2203403

>>2203385
I enjoyed it very much. I felt the language flowed beautifully. The story line was slightly fragmented but beautiful and made the world depicted in the incredible illustration come alive. A rare creation of beauty and hope for the future.

And I specific liked the love story that contrasted the past incest and abuse of the young female character. She was an inspiration and I fell in love with her myself.

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Brave New World. Something about it...

>> No.2203415

Euh... Do New Yorker covers count? I found this dotcom, Cover Browser, where you can find absolutely all the covers of the magazine.

>> No.2203490
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Best cover book (and book) ever!

>> No.2203493
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I like Clyde Caldwell's covers.

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>>2203223
Shadow of the Torturer has great covers.

>> No.2203503
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I like the choices Folio made for Louis Ferdinand Céline books.

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>> No.2203525
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Daniel Dociu

>> No.2203534
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>posters implying the Black Company omnibuses didn't get the most bitchin' cover art in fantasy

>> No.2203549

>>2203503
I'm reading this right now. Very interesting book.

>> No.2203552

>>2203493

I like how Clyde was referenced in the books as a "Cledwell" who sculpted figurines with excessively large busts.

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I have a beaten up copy of this exact book that I found at the local store in my small town.

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I've only gotten through about 1/3 of it, but you gotta love the cover.

>> No.2203612

>that feel when fantasy covers are now all shit tier "realist" paintings of faggots in shiny armor who look like LARPers and the text inside is equally bad/cliche

all the popular fantasy titles are illustrated by like the same five guys

>> No.2203618

>>2203331
I remember a friend of mine had this copy of the stand in high school, I think he was borrowing it from his parents' collection. It does look really nice up close.

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>>2203612

Save for glorious John Howe covers.

>> No.2203663

Not as interesting as you guys's choices, but I like the sanitized neatness of the Penguin Modern Classics and Vintage covers.

>> No.2203670

>>2203663

A few of those have already been posted:

>>2203249
>>2203263
>>2203275
>>2203284

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>>2203673

>> No.2203813
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Boy did I like tha cover when I was a kid. The Fellowship of the Ring one was pretty cool too.

>> No.2203825

>>2203813
Goddamnit I used hate the translator so much for having translated proper nouns.

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haters gonna hate

>> No.2203896

>>2203690
i wish it was a lie but it is a real cover

>> No.2203906

>>2203847

I loved Redwall when I was a kid. Is that a UK cover? I don't remember seeing it.

p.s EULALIAAAAAAAAAAA!

>> No.2203953
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Beautiful cover art...

>> No.2203964
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80s sci fi covers.

i fucking love used book stores

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>>2203953
I loved Hyperion, but for some reason I never liked the cover. Never felt like it did justice to the scenes painted by Simmons' words. Especially where the Shrike is concerned.
>>2203498
The right BOTNS cover was a close second to the one I chose. But the one on the left looks really cool too. Is that Yoshitaka Amano?
I don't know why I like these covers so much. I love the details you can see in the black parts, and use of actual historic artwork turned monochromatic. It all just feels pretty stylish.

>> No.2203976

>>2203964

Is that book good? I bought it a few months ago but haven't gotten to it.

>> No.2204005

itt: /lit/ proves it's not shallow

>> No.2204017
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Alright, it isn't a book, but I have to admit: Pulp sci-fi magazines have some of the coolest cover art. It isn't good, or even particularly tasteful, but it is very creative. And it almost always makes me wonder what sort of stories the magazine has to offer.

>> No.2204097

>>2204017
The reason why the covers are so cool is for the simple reason that they are not really selling the contents inside. They are selling the cover.

>> No.2204104

>>2204097
Which is perfectly fine by me. If I had to pay 35 cents for something with that cover? I'd gladly do so.

>> No.2204209
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Proust just bossin' in pink..

>> No.2204260

Anything in that old hand drawn style. Things like redwall, the original ASoIaF covers, hell, even Daggerfall.

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Proud to have it. I think it looks beautiful.

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>> No.2205315
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I absolutely LOVE the cover to Elantris

>> No.2205335
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By the way, does anyone know who did this painting ?

>> No.2205342

>>2205335

Have you tried opening the book and check it on the info page?

>> No.2205462

>>2205315
mega bump

>> No.2205486

>>2205335

Autoportrait by Léon Cogniet

De rien.