What makes an outstanding book cover? The Book Jacket Designers Guild of the 1940s and ’50s defined the art as the “successful integration of concept with graphic means … and expression of the spirit ...

We are cautioned to avoid judging a book by its cover, yet that is precisely what publishers hope we will do. Dust-jacket (book cover) illustration, which came into its own in the 1920s, has long ...

We are cautioned to avoid judging a book by its cover, yet that is precisely what publishers hope we will do. Dust-jacket illustration, which came into its own in the 1920s, has long deserved ...

We've all heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover," but for these classic novels an eye-catching cover is essential to their legacy. Check out some of the most memorable dust jackets. This ...

In today's maximum-impact market, with bold colors and graphics plastering book jackets of all sorts, it's refreshing to peruse this book, which features the work of George Salter, one of the most ...

The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970 chronicles the rise of the book dust jacket from disposable object to a creative platform for publishing design. “In view of its origins as a plain protection to ...

The German visual artists who worked during the Weimar Republic — among them George Grosz, Hannah Höch, and Otto Dix — are celebrated the world over for their stylistic inventions and brutal critiques ...

Fred Marcellino, a freelance designer and illustrator who changed the way book covers and jackets for contemporary fiction are designed and who later became an author and illustrator of award-winning ...

We are cautioned to avoid judging a book by its cover, yet that is precisely what publishers hope we will do. Dust jacket illustration, which came into its own in the 1920s, has long deserved ...