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A book cover is any protective covering used to bind together the pages of a book. A paperback book s pages are glued together with a paper cover and then cut to size. First edition, first state of both volumes with all issue points, in the original green cloth. Monstrous vintage covers of mary shelleys frankenstein. Upload your own photos or choose from over 1 million stock images.
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Nostalgic get transported to back to the days of your childhood with this stunning image that captures the original avengers that led the way in comic book popularity. The best book covers for fahrenheit 451, from 1953 to today. Original book cover designs offers authors and writers unique and custom book cover designs. This design leaves three sides of the tablet open to hits, scrapes and drops. This is the complete, original 1926 edition of a classic. David pelham designed this nowfamous cogeye cover ten years after the.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone first hit shelves in the united kingdom on june 26, 1997, arriving stateside as harry potter and the sorcerers stone on sept. Jeanleeon huens 19211982 was a belgian artist who started his career as a childrens book illustrator. The dust jacket is both the most decorative part of a book, and the most delicate. Use the search box above to find fond treasures from your childhood or that one book that has escaped your collection thus far. Explore book covers of all sizes, colors, and designs from office depot. This gallery honors the artists and designers whose work has graced the covers of george r.
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Mar 11, 20 while this book from the popular crestwood monsters series 1977 doesnt contain shelleys complete novel, we wanted to include it for its groovy cover art. Rare books for sale, buy antique books from alibris. It introduced the character of count dracula and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. Three christmas stories tell of an orphan who finds a new home, a little girl who rescues a bird, and a horse who shares her life story at midnight on christmas eve. Book cover design design a creative book cover online. While this book from the popular crestwood monsters series 1977 doesnt contain shelleys complete novel, we wanted to include it for its groovy cover art. The power of storytelling mixed with the beauty of art. You wont need to spend hundreds hiring a designer when you create your own awesome cover in. Whenever a book is having a cultural moment, i find myself looking at how the book s covers have been rendered. The book covers sleek, stylish design blends in seamlessly with the premium design of the galaxy tab s. And five seconds is all the time you have to grab a readers.
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It was his 22nd book, and his 17th novel written under his own name. Stephen king has also written doctor sleep which is the shining book two. To remember the good old days, and give a little nudge to the new, weve compiled a list of the 20 most iconic book covers ever in our minds, all examples of amazing book cover design. First we have the classic original covers, the ones that graced the books when most of us first read them which i still love and think are some of the best harry potter book covers. See more ideas about george orwell, nineteen eighty four and books. The credit on the first slide of this slideshow says. So, one must consider a professional book cover designer for creating a book cover. Scott fitzgerald judged gatsby by its cover a surprising examination of the original book jacket art to the great gatsby. Too often, one quick glance is all the time you get to make an impression.
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Working from the earliest surviving draft of frankenstein, charles e. A paperback books pages are glued together with a paper cover and then cut to size. Each cover design is original, only sold to one author, so its a firstcome. When you publish or republish your ebook, well automatically add your cover image to the inside. Abebooks offers an immense collection of first edition books for sale, including some of the most famous books ever published. But perhaps no one did so better than the master himself. In her book the essential dracula, clare hawordmaden suggested that the castle of count dracula was inspired by slains castle, at which bram stoker was a guest of the 19th earl of erroll.
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