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ITT: Book covers you are proud to own

>inb4 muh aestheticism/materialism

>> No.6660881
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doubles as a rare pepe

>> No.6660893
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but mine is paper back

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>> No.6660934
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>> No.6660969
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book wasn't that great but I love the cover

>> No.6660999
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>>6660816

I guess ive reached the height of my consumerism bc im gonna buy 3 of those letter books

my initials :^)

>> No.6661034
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I rather like this cover. I dunno if the translation is any good though.

>> No.6661038

>>6660934
It has such a nice, pulpy feel

I like it so much

>> No.6661078
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Anything by Mignola, really.

Otherwise, Cherny

>> No.6661079

>>6661078
Immortality? For you two-legged moles,
Who aren’t worthy of even a day on earth?
Perhaps—after feeling deeply offended—
Lizards, toads, and worms will want the same. . .

Petty bourgeois with wings! Gingerbread and cakes!
They gorged themselves for half a century and now they want eternity. . .
Not a bad trade. “Show mercy and generosity!”
Give slaves license for eternity.

They’re the wardens of their own earthy prison,
Gnawing at each other in their tiny holes,
Stealing psalms from the prophets
To mutter in their temples once a week. . .

To us, the sighted, it’s eternal grief,
But for them, the blind, even Bengals are reliable,
Gold tinsel shines in the distance,
And wedding gowns are guaranteed!

Don’t beg! The Lord is wise and strict;
Earthly days are wretched and artless,
The Lord will not release you—on the threshold,
You will all rot like carrion in the street.

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Great translation too

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>> No.6661660
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but seriously fuck movie tie-in covers

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>> No.6661762
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>> No.6661771
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>>6661692
Red cover was better.

>> No.6661791

>>6661771
I really liked this cover, anon. It reminds me Tom and Jerry for some reason.

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>>6660816
Fair enough. I just don't think it's as pretty as the one with the horse or as elegant as the yellow sarif on red background.

>> No.6661837

>>6661791
>>6661827
Mis-clicked the reply there.

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>>6660816
not embarrassed to say i literally got this beauty for the cover. was terrified it would be one of those books on amazon that doesn't come with the cover displayed

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>>6660816
TFW I bought the entire collection for my niece. The books might not be to everyone's tastes, but she loves them, and she's reading them (in order, no less). Anything I can do to get her and her brother into /lit/ is awesome.

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I'd prefer the inverted and grey one, though

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>>6660999

i got fucking 69 trips

and my post had a 3 in it

6 and 9 both divisible by three

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>> No.6661898
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Based Oxford always has best covers and editions

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>>6661892
>5312x2988

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This edition is nice.

>> No.6661994
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It is simple but Joyce was very particular about it, down to specifying the exact shade of blue. I think, like everything else in the book, that it is nearly perfect.

>> No.6662004

>>6661994
source? on his color selection?

because idk if you knew, but its from 1922, when things were black and white

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>>6662004
>its from 1922, when things were black and white

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>> No.6662112

>>6660816
9/10

I think the yellow fellow should be a bit more elegant and well-dressed, but it's a proper cover.

>> No.6662115

>>6661660
I don't know, the LoTR ones weren't that bad.

>> No.6662120
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>>6662095
based

>> No.6662146

>>6662095
Is this real?

>> No.6662189

>>6662095
Incredible

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anything by the Dick tbh

>> No.6662528

>>6662120
topkek

>> No.6662545

>>6660881
Is this a children's book?

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The Orion covers for some of Philip K Dick's books are pretty nice

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>>6660881
I've got this edition. Pretty sure my grandparents have that cover, I got a strange sense of nostalgia looking at it...

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>> No.6662715

>>6662707
It just looks like Abraham is forcefully penetrating his son's boypussy.

>> No.6662909

>>6661034
The cover is badass.

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The Finnish asoif covers are pretty ballers, though I'll never read them because a) not Finnish and b) asoif is too mediocre for it's length.

>> No.6663010

>>6661660
>now a movie
>now a film
>now a flick

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I quite like this one.

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>>6662095
Cornella is the man

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>>6663036
Crazy to get this one, Cosac has the best books, too bad this costs like, a 1/3 of my payment.

>>6662095
I have it.

I love their Modernist Women collection, the covers are all in stamped fabric. I have a similar edition of Oblomov (despite Gontcharóv not being a modernist or a woman)

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>>6663060

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>>6663036
>not buying the superior wordsworth edition

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>>6662004

>> No.6663106

>>6662095
>it's real
40 'kekes

>> No.6663138

>>6662095
Wouldn't regret buying this.

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>> No.6663156

>>6663151
I really like the Perennial paperback of this.

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