The cover of Eliza by Barry Pain, 1904:
Eliza by Barry Pain , 1904. Illustration by Wallace Goldsmith.
[Book Nerd Art] Eliza by Barry Pain, 1904
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Tag Archives: Book Covers
[Book Nerd Art] Orlando, 1928
The cover of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (The Hogarth Press, 1928).
Cover of Orlando, 1928
[Book Nerd Art] Cover of Goblin Market and other poems, 1862
Cover of Goblin Market and other poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862. The artwork is by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Goblin Market and other poems
An Emily Dickinson Scrapbook
Today is poet Emily Dickinson’s 185th birthday. Let’s celebrate, shall we?
Drawing of Emily Dickinson as a child
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.”-Emily Dickinson
Book cover of Poems by Emily Dickinson, 1890
“I dwell in possibility.”-Emily Dickinson Continue reading
A Christmas Carol #1: The Cover
Cover of the first edition of A Christmas Carol, 1843.
Upton Sinclair: 20 September 1878
Pulitzer Prize winning author Upton Sinclair was born on 20 September 1878. As many of you know, I love this photo of him as a young man:
Upton Sinclair
You can download a copy of his most important work, The Jungle, at Project Gutenberg.
Cover of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, 1906.
[Book Nerd Art] The Boy’s King Arthur
The Boy’s King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Edited for Boys by Sidney Lanier. 1922.
Cover of The Boy’s King Arthur, 1922. N.C. Wyeth.
Title page of The Boy’s King Arthur, 1922. N.C. Wyeth.
Who’d Like to See the Full Wrap Cover for Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling?
Here it is, in all of its splendor:
The Refossiling Full Wrap Cover
Stunning, eh?
It will be available in a few weeks!
[Book Nerd Links] 30 Beautiful Vintage Dust Jackets
30 Beautiful Vintage Dust Jackets [Abe Books]
Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout. 1934.
Daily Diversion #246: Beautiful Book Cover
Darwin by Paul Johnson
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