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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Look of the Book, The
Author: MENDELSUND PETER
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 04/01/2021
Imprint: PENGUIN
Price: $88.00
Publishing status: Active
As readers, we’re all guilty of judging a book by its cover. The cover is the outward face of the text–done right, a cover can become iconic, but done wrong, it can definitely send the wrong message.
The Look of the Book examines the art of the book cover through notable covers and the stories behind them, interviews with artists and literary luminaries, galleries of the many different jackets of bestselling books, and more. Authored by legendary designer and art director Peter Mendelsund–who has designed iconic covers for authors such as David Sedaris, Stieg Larsson, Yaa Gyasi, Jo Nesb , and Kazuo Ishiguro–and Harvard humanities professor David Alworth, this fascinating inside look at the intersection of culture and commerce challenges our notions of what a book cover can and should be.
ISBN: 9780399581021
Pages: 292