Mid century book covers

I’ve been concentrating on painters for quite a while now, so thought I’d take a look at something a little different today – some graphic design featuring iconic and quintessentially British paperback-book cover designs, all from Penguin Books. Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence…

Hi everyone! Emily here with today's Tuesday inspiration piece. Every once in awhile something jumps out at me on Pinterest and screams, "HEY! Look at me!! I would make a good layout!" This particular piece, a book cover, did just...

©1971 / Design: J.S. Laughbaum

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A collection of thirteen short stories written by Bernard Malamud from 1958. Most stories deal with Jewish characters and are centered around living in poverty. This book jacket is from the earlier part of Milton Glaser’s career. Super colorful and papercut illustrations. Caslo

Zac Petit gets lost in the magic of the minutiae and comes back with 15 stellar book covers.

A mid-century blog about all things mid-century and mid-century modern, including mid-century art, design and furniture, especially Broyhill Sculptra.

For what is now the seventh time in a row, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 31 design…

Julian Montague on Instagram: "Basic Concepts in Psychology Series covers, late 1960s—early 1970s by Swiss-born, San Francisco-based designer Willi Baum. This series is one of my favorite mid-century design finds in my book digging career, I own the whole set. #wilibaum #midcenturydesign"