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itt: god-tier book covers

>> No.6539339
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>> No.6539626

>>6539339
Lol

>> No.6539654

>>6539339
kek/10

>> No.6539751

>>6539339
>>6539322
now Im torn on what to post. thanks anon.

>> No.6539762

>>6539751
Simple: god-tier book covers.

>> No.6539768
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>> No.6539772

>>6539322
>Nowhere left, evil finds itself the katana, justice
>To hide when outgunned by the blade of Wordsworth Classics

>> No.6539779

>>6539772
"Katana justice" is a single concept, no need for the comma.

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>>6539784

>> No.6539792
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>> No.6539803
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>> No.6539809
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>>6539803

>> No.6539816
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>>6539809

>> No.6539828
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>> No.6539835
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>>6539792
>>6539322
>Actually thinking these are good, let alone god-tier.

>> No.6540205

>>6539792
>>6539803
>>6539809
>>6539816
none of these are good
please stop posting in these threads

>> No.6540221
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Oxford World Classics are always good

>> No.6540346

>>6539779
I prefer it as a list
Evil finds itself the katana, and also/thereby, justice

>> No.6540356

>>6540346
Wait no
Evil finds itself, the katana, justice
Evil backpacks around Europe for a few months

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>> No.6540378
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and its somewhat related to the book.

>> No.6540384

>>6540378
when u go in after ur bruh n he left the window closed so now the bathroom stink of shit

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>> No.6540474

>>6540441
Why does everybody keep posting fake Dorian Grey covers? None of them are the actual cover.

Also, wasn't this supposed to be a thread for GOOD covers?

>> No.6540500

>>6540474
> fake

It's Wordsworth, m8, it's real. They're nowadays more well known for their bad book covers.

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>> No.6540559
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This German publishers Dostoyevsky's are the goat

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>>6540559

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>>6539322

>> No.6540585
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>>6540474
They've changed it by now, but one of Wordsworth's editions actually looked like this. You can look it up if you like

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>> No.6540772

>>6540536
>author of kitten w. whip!!

>> No.6540781

>>6540378
what the actual fuck

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>>6540792

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>>6540799
you're a fucking weirdo

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>>6540816
Also love those fake ones:
http://flavorwire.com/267127/15-wonderful-redesigns-of-the-lolita-cover

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>>6540819
yes. i am.

>> No.6540897
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>>6540819
i'd say my bookshelf accurately reflects my tastes in the bedroom, which may not be very palatable to some folks...
;^)

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>> No.6540967

>>6539792
your nietzsche is redder than my nietzsche

seek help

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>>6539322

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>>6540816
>>6540855
These covers are trash. Best Lolita cover is this absolute classic

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obligatory

>> No.6541076

>>6541025
wow.
imagine sucking on those baby-fat titties.

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>>6541025
This cover is great too

>> No.6541156
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>> No.6541164

>>6540730
that's nice

>> No.6541196

>>6541156
Imagine how much pussy Fabio crushed in the 80s and 90s

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>> No.6541208

>>6541197
I mean I love the book, but the covers aren't that great.

>> No.6541221

if you don't think this is god-tier i don't know what to say

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>>6541221
god damn it

>> No.6541233

>>6541221
>The greatest cover of them all is none at all

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You faggots have shit taste.
Pic related, an actual good cover

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>>6539322

>> No.6541299
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This wrapped all the way around from being completely terrible to funny.

bonus points for the Forward saying that Dante would have enjoyed playing the video game

>> No.6541300

>>6541265
I want to read this after seeing the cover.

>> No.6541310

>>6541265
I'm going to guess this is shitposting, the cover looks like a scene from some melodramatic soap opera, and it's published by Penguin Classics, which is absolutely infamous for low quality.

>> No.6541322

>>6541310
pretty controversial there boy

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>>6539322

>> No.6541342

>>6541276
I have this :)

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>> No.6541361

>>6541299
>bonus points for the Forward saying that Dante would have enjoyed playing the video game
is there a picture of this?

>> No.6541425
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This Universal Baseball Association cover is the best I've seen.

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>> No.6541593

>>6541361
seconding

>> No.6541915

>>6541425
Seriously? It's hideous. And what's with the naked woman? What's that got to do with baseball?

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>> No.6542428

>>6542240
I cannot believe this is actually real...

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>>6542428
I have it and can confirm

>> No.6542472

>>6542240
That's fucking awesome.

>> No.6542479

>>6542435
Holy shit they used Cornella for a penguin classic?

>> No.6542492

>>6542240
I love this artist but I don't think this is appropriate...

>> No.6542497

>>6542492

they gave morrissey a classic release who even gives a fuck about their rep anymore they clearly don't

>> No.6542500

>>6539339
>>>/pol/

>> No.6542536
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Best fantasy covers

>> No.6542549

You need to take better care of your books anon.

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>> No.6542950

>>6541915
You should read it, it's probably the greatest novel of the 20th century

>> No.6542967

>>6539339
The handle looks too much like an ejaculating penis for me to unsee.

>> No.6542970

>>6542967
I think that was the idea anon.

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>>6540772
An undiscovered masterwork.

>> No.6543105

>>6539803
huh... i never knew simone de beauvoir was a real person, just from that studio killers song.

>> No.6543191

>>6539809
>>6539816
lewd

>> No.6543196

>>6540559
What art style is this lovely painting?

>> No.6543204

>>6543196
some kind of old avant-garde.
Reminds me of the draftiness of Degas, but the minimalism gestures towards fauvism.

>> No.6543231

>>6540559
>>6540568
>dostojewskij

>> No.6543263

>>6543231
>why doesn't Germany transliterate in English ways
We say Dosztojevszkij in Hungary and I'm not even ashamed.

>> No.6543321

>>6543263
No, no, you misunderstand. I wasn't poking at the German language. I was just pointing out how Dostojewskij is such a jew
>dostoJEWskij

>> No.6543326

>>6543321
>>dostoJEWskij
That was fun too, and I, too, was very close to pointing it out, but I speak German and now the w is there because a single v you'd pronouce and f.

>> No.6543329

>>6543326
>and f.
*an 'f'.

>> No.6543334

>>6543326
>>6543329
>tfw a degenerate english speaker

>> No.6543344

>>6543334
>tfw I don't pay attention to what I write and suddenly I write 'now' instead of 'know' and 'and' instead of 'an'
I'd trade all my Hungarian, Italian, German and Russian knowledge to speak English nicely

>> No.6543345
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picture books count? is anything more beautiful than this?

>> No.6543375

>>6543344
>tfw I'm probably white male middle class CIS scum tier who can't speak another language to save his life
I'd trade all my Australian enlgish convict-tier knowledge to speak another language nicely, my anonymous friendo

>> No.6543538

>>6543196
it's suprematism, it's "Three figures" by Malevich

>> No.6543560

>>6543344
Aхтyнг, пидop в тpeдe.

>> No.6543565

>>6542435
damn that nice rack of penguin editions
never seen anything like that in german bookstores

>> No.6543578

>>6543025
i know the film from mst3k. i really like the juvenile delinquency mst3ks. never knew it was a book.

>> No.6543965

>>6540897
I'd fuck you.

>> No.6544065
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>>6543965
That one with this pic on it's cover.

>> No.6544083

>>6542967
>ejaculating penis
What are you talking about?
It's just a katana handle with a raindrop splashing on it.

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>>6544065
What, this?