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Post your favorite book covers

>> No.14578731
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>>14578730

>> No.14579449

bump

>> No.14579594
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14579594

The japanese cover for Gravity's Rainbow.

>> No.14579600

>>14578730
I thought it was a shot from a black & white film where the guy gets shot in the back. Apparently it's just two kids playing baskteball or something.

>> No.14579602
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14579602

Most M&M covers

>> No.14579616
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looks great in person as well. way better than those shitty beige and black covers

>> No.14579646
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14579646

>>14578730
Blood Meridian

>> No.14579655

>>14579646
Looks like it was made with MS Paint.

>> No.14579700
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14579700

>>14578730
They’re kinda corny but I just like this entire series of covers.

>> No.14579706

>>14579700
That looks gaudy and Jewish.

>> No.14579721

>>14579706
it is

>> No.14579744

>>14578730

Does anybody know the name/origin of this photo?

>> No.14579753
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I like this whole series of Nabokov covers with picture frame displays. they're all bretty.

>> No.14579760

>>14579744
it's a photo by Gerard Castello Lopes titled Lisboa.

>> No.14580160
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For some reason this cover intrigues me. It's the aesthetics, the color and the font, as if they were the official version of the book for all eternity.

I don't even know what whitehead's talking about in it

>> No.14580171
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And of course, the cover of FN is absolutely beautiful.

>> No.14580178
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>>14580160
Similar to my favorite editor, Suhrkamp.
I always loved those very simple covers.

>> No.14580211
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14580211

>> No.14580243
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>>14578730

>> No.14580277

>>14578730
whats the original image called?

>> No.14580321
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>>14580243
this one is really nice. Whats the english title?

>> No.14580397

>>14580160
Yeah it's comfy

>> No.14580431
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comfy

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>>14578730

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>> No.14581535

>>14580211
I have this series edition of Light in August by Faulkner. There's something comfy in the simplicity.

>> No.14582149
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Guess I'll post some obligatory covers.

>> No.14582177
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>>14578730

>> No.14582184

>>14578730
>>14579600
big if true.

>> No.14582390
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Cosette looks so cute here.

>> No.14582411

Bump

>> No.14582490
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simply the best

>> No.14582597
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>>14578730
I'm seriously considering buying this

>> No.14582625
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>> No.14582637
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>>14579646

>> No.14582652

>>14578731
so this is the cover Nabokov talked about?

>> No.14582717
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>>14578730

>> No.14582739

>>14582625
How is the book? Did you like it?

>> No.14582794

>>14580160
I feel the same way about Hegels PoS

>> No.14582952
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>>14582794
Hegel is a fraud, but there's no reason to call him a piece of shit, anon.

>> No.14583070

>>14579600
you can see the basketball behind the reaching guy's hand

>> No.14584321

>>14582739
It’s in my queue. It’s probably the book of I’m looking forward to most right now.

>> No.14584333
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This brazilian edition of Demons is pretty nice.

>> No.14584350

>>14582597
omg he posted it again xD

>> No.14584368
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One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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>>14582597
based

>> No.14584404
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>>14578730
Not sure why I like it so much, I just do.

>> No.14584423

>>14581207
Got that one, it's really nice.

>> No.14584429
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>>14584415
Another.

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>>14584404
Nice.

>> No.14584469
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I really like the Brazilian cover of Infinite Jest.

>>14582149
This cover conveys pretty well the mood of the book.

>>14582490
I don't know why, but this one really pleases me.

>>14584333
Editora 34 is the best Brazilian one today by far. They put so much effort into the details.

>>14584404
Nice.

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>> No.14584554

>>14578731
holy fuck those dutch guys know no boundaries

>> No.14584558

>>14584404
name of that edition

>> No.14584560

>>14582490
I think Hemingway states in A moveable Feast that Scott detested it. Scott also had to wait for success a while too long for his taste.

>> No.14584627
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Adelphi makes the best covers

>> No.14584636
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>>14584627

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>>14584636

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>>14584640

>> No.14584651
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>>14584648

>> No.14584653
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>>14584651

>> No.14584664

>>14578730
Most pretentious shit ever, kill yourself.

>> No.14585254

>>14584404
Holy shit that's terrifying.

>> No.14585260

Is it weird that I care more about how the spines look than the covers?

>> No.14585281
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>>14585260
It's not weird, the spines are the first thing you see when you look at your shelves and the thing you see 90% of the time.

>> No.14585296
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>> No.14585525

>>14584333
their Moby Dick cover is my favorite

>> No.14585534
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>>14585525
pic related

>> No.14585551
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>>14578730

>> No.14585597

>>14584404
is it possible to buy this? I seem to remember it being a fan art which sucks

>> No.14585624

>>14585597
Sadly it is fan art. I thought it looked like a Barnes and Nobel classics cover but their cover is nowhere near as intriguing

>> No.14585636

>>14584469
Just awful

>> No.14585668

>>14584404
for some reason this made me laugh a lot

>> No.14585787

>>14579760

Thanks a lot!

>> No.14585814

>>14579600
the reason it's so good is because it's a snapshot of that moment when you're watching the ball go past you and you know you've lost and you can't do anything about it but just passively observe your own impotence in the moment

>> No.14585827

>>14585551
Is this any good?

>> No.14585872
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>>14579753
They're shadow boxes amigo, and yes, they are bretty.

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>>14578730

>> No.14586350

>>14579700
Is there a name for this style of drawing? See it on so many covers

>> No.14586374

>>14585827
yes! I mean being familiar with the whole Soviet/Post-Soviet context helps a lot but I would encourage anyone to pick it up, it's quite a fun and wild read. Pelevin manages to be entertaining and relatively profound in his own way.

>> No.14586397

>>14585827
it was a fun read

>> No.14586453
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I like the 80's edition of Being and Nothingness, it's aesthetic.
>that motion blur over Sartre's portrait to obscure his lazy eye

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>>14580206
this

>> No.14586726

>>14586453
good choice anon I remember they had this edition at my local bookstore and the contents didn't really interest me (hon hon I am sad frog listen to my half baked rendition of heidegger) but I always loved the cover

>> No.14587281
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My favourite cover although I wouldn't consider this a book as it's just described as "a brief guide to Discworld".

Smells nice too.

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for me it's Reclam

>> No.14588302

>>14584664
>Most pretentious shit ever
Why?

>> No.14588506
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>> No.14588691
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>>14580160
>>14580206
>>14586717
not suhrkamp but i like this cover for a similar reason

>> No.14588707
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>> No.14588787 [DELETED] 

>>14588707
Incredible that this one ended up being considered obscure. It's an awesome piece of literature and should be republished it in a series of classics.

>> No.14588804 [DELETED] 

>>14588707
Incredible that this one ended up being considered obscure. It's an awesome piece of literature and should be republished in a series of classics.

>> No.14588849

>>14584560
No, it's Hemingway who doesn't like it and think it looks like a cheap dime novel or something. Dude was tasteless. Lol.

>> No.14589265
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>> No.14589461

>>14584469
I have it, looks great in person but it's a motherfucker with how huge it is. Much heavier and longer (as in longer dimensions) than the original and feels like carrying a fucking brick everywhere. It's also paperback for some fucking reason so it's really fragile and damages easily, and the translation is the worst shit in the Universe.

>> No.14589473

>>14579753
Yeah I like these a lot, all my Naboks except Lolita are from this series

>> No.14589483

>>14584664
>muh don't judge a book by its cover

>> No.14589484
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>> No.14589495
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All of the Penguin versions of Conrad's books which use art from Phil Hale

>> No.14589573

>>14580178
based

>> No.14589579

>>14588506
very also based

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>> No.14591039

>>14579600
WTF book cover ruined

>> No.14591224

>>14582149
Absolutely based. Finished reading this a couple of weeks ago, definitely worth a read

>> No.14591307
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This translations kinda wack but I like the cover

>> No.14591401
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Always thought this one was great

>> No.14591493

>>14579616
this is actually one of the nicer covers i've seen for c&p, but that "vintage author" always looks shit imo

>> No.14591506

>>14591430
awful

>> No.14591508

>>14581207
I ordered this and got the version with edgy font, blood splatters, and a sawblade
Made me so mad I wanted to send it back but I couldn't be assed

>> No.14591554
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>>14586120
HE HIT HER WITH THE BLUNT END OF THE AXE REEEEEEEEEEEEEAD THE FUCKING BOOK BEFORE YOU DRAW FAN ART

>> No.14591579
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>>14580431
always dig this one

>> No.14591597
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>>14578730

>> No.14591627
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Does anyone else here own this edition?

>> No.14591670

>>14591597
Tbh, Oxford World's Classics has 10/10 covers

>> No.14591752

>>14580160
it's a shade of yellow that says: this is interesting and important, and: high chance of dopamine inside here

>> No.14591773
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I've just started reading this book, but my parents are big King fans. I'd happen upon this book from time to time growing up and I was always captivated by this art. The book is thick as fuck and so my imagination would run wild as to what the shit was going on in there.

>> No.14591782

>>14591773
That cover is badass, but this book (like all King books) is downright trash. Not trying to be mean, it really was just terrible.

>> No.14591809

>>14591782
No worries - I read for inspiration and fun, not to impress others.
I've been reading King since I was in middle school. I think he shits the bed in some places, but I enjoy a certain quality of his writing. I wouldn't call him a well rounded author at all. But I enjoy my time in his books - granted I've mostly read just his early stuff. Man cannot write an ending to save his life

>> No.14591893

>>14579594
>>14591579
Japanese covers are so comfy

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>> No.14592303

>>14591965
probably would call this my favourite of all time, perfect cover

>> No.14592416

>>14591965
>>14592303
my god, anglos truly have shit taste......

>> No.14592523

>>14579594
That's awesome, I'd love to have that as a poster.

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>>14578730

>> No.14592696

>>14591554
it's a cover from a brazilian edition. i read the book

>> No.14592820

>>14587827
so yellow so perfect. Are like those Springer books of maths.

>> No.14592829

>>14588506
Ultra rare, no doubt.

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>>14591579
Beautiful. I haven't read the last part yet, maybe I will after I finish The Third Reich.

>> No.14593548

>>14591579
nice

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bump

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>>14580431
>>14582177
>>14587827
>>14591307
>>14594657
very nice i have a few from needing to choose the best cover for ereader

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>> No.14595199

>>14590038
I have the monochrome version in Spanish. It has a very old, solitude like feel to it. Which makes sense.

>> No.14595203

>>14595199
Do you like the book?

>> No.14595220
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>> No.14595708

>>14595303
henry rollins?

>> No.14596829

>>14578730
BUMP NIGGA

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>>14578730
/thread

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>>14584469
disgusting cover, ugly, tryhard and tacky.
Abril Cultural made some decent ones.

>> No.14598159

>>14596953
quando a capa era boa a tradução era uma merda

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didn't find a better resolution image

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>>14578730
I was expecting this scene to actually happen in the book, though I am not disappointed. It probably occurred in the future, once the space colonies made nukes of their own

>> No.14599764

>>14596909
>Alberto Laiseca
Based

>> No.14599803

>>14596909
Italianbro here. Can you give me a quick rundown on Los Sorias? I might read it in Spanish, since it is not translated in my language yet. (Based picture btw).

>> No.14599887

>>14591554
I'm pretty sure he hit Lizaveta with the sharp end of the axe though.