Revolution VintageRussian RevolutionClassics 6Literary ClassicsDesigned Literary100P 17Russian LiteraryBookity BooksGood BooksForwardTo coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution, Vintage are releasing this set of beautifully designed literary classics.Richard Billingham's Ray's a Laugh is one of my favorite photo books. It explores the photographer's dysfunctional family and alcoholic father (Ray) in an exceptionally gritty, powerful way. The cover encapsulates the bizarre emotion and ambiguity of the work. You can't really tell if Richard's father is crying or laughing, or both. Also, one of my favorite (and really bizarre) photos from the series: Of course everyone has his/her own personal taste in photography and the there have been made a lot of great books.A good starting point to find out what you might like is buying some reference works about photography books, like one of these: The Photobook: A History (I) - Martin Parr and Garry BadgerThe Photobook: A History (II) - Martin Parr and Garry BadgerThe Company Fotoboek 1945-1965 - Mirell ThijsenThe open book - Andrew RothBook of 101 Books, The: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century - Andrew RothThe Latin American photobook - Horacio FernandezCover photo - The Dutch Documentary Fotoboek After 1945 Some of my own
favorites are:Sweet life (Ed van der Elsken)Doods Domeinen -(Roger Dyckmans / Clem Schouwenaars)Embrace (Eikoh Hosoe)La Banlieue de Paris (Robert Doisneau / Blaise Cendrars)Subway (Davidson, Bruce)The animals (Garry Winogrand)Berlin (Pierre Mac Orlan)Dream / life (Trent Parke)Een Liefdesgeschiedenis in Saint Germain des Pres (Ed van der Elsken)Gosses de Paris (Robert Doisneau / Jean Dongues)Hot Light / Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics (Alex Webb)Jonas Bendiksen Satelieten Satellites (Jonas Bendiksen)Kinderen in de grote stad (Oscar van Alphen / Adriaan Morrien)You could also look at the online catalog of Antiquarian photography bookstore Amstelbooks.euHello!I personally love both simplicity and classic designs, especially when it comes to books :)For example, a cover that I really like is the one from “Beyond the Dark Veil.”I always thought that the feeling you get when touching such a cover (i.e. a masterpiece) entices you to read through it (even if the content proves to be less attractive later on).
Please note: I am not recommending these books. I’m sure they’re great, but for the purpose of this conversation I’m just talking about the covers :)Another style I like is when the cover itself is an awesome photo, like the one from “Planet Earth: As You've Never Seen It Before.”These types of covers simply draw you in. And they make me want to touch the book and open it up to see what’s inside. I think that’s what makes a cover great or not.Luckily, there are many great photo book printing services out there today, which can help you create such covers at a fraction of the price they used to cost a few years ago.I personally know that the team at AdoramaPix is capable of such “feats of strength.” :)Let me search for the link… Ah, here it is! /app/pr...I hope this helped you find some solid inspiration.Have a wonderful day!RobertP.S.: Disclosure: I work with them.Belgian artist Tom Haentjens has united 100 artists from 28 countries in a co-creation project, Doedemee to help raise awareness of illiteracy in Africa.
Each has redesigned a poster-sized cover for a book from the list compiled by Robert McCrum in 2003. Here are just 12. To see all of them, and to read more about each artist, visit the project's website Saturday 29 September 2012 First published on Saturday 29 September 2012 The Mammoth Book of Cover-Ups: The 100 Most Terrifying Conspiracies of All TimeDetailsConspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier FREE Shipping on orders over . DetailsHistory Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time FREE Shipping on orders over . Series: Mammoth Book of Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers; Fourth Printing edition (March 3, 2008) 5.2 x 1.2 x 7.8 inches Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) #35,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Occult & Paranormal > Unexplained Mysteries in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Communication & Media Studies in Books > History > World
5 star54%4 star9%3 star17%2 star6%1 star14%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsI really liked that because so many are just people telling their ...|Out of curiosity READ IT!|Coverups can be true, it can happen to you, if you young at heart|My grandson loved it!|I'm no tin foil hat wearing nut ...|So far, so good!|In honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Batman, we’re doing four straight months of polls having to do with Batman. Future installments will deal with Batman creators, villains and stories, but this month will be about Batman covers. Here are your picks for the 75 Greatest Batman covers of all-time. Click on any cover to go to the discussion about that batch of covers. Art by Bob Kane and Charles Paris (1948) Art by Bernie Wrightson (1973) 72. Detective Comics #577 Art by Todd McFarlane and Pablo Marcos (1987) Art by Dave McKean (2004 – 15th anniversary Edition) Art by Michael Kaluta (1972) Art by Fred Ray and Jerry Robinson (1941)
Art by Mike Mignola and George Pratt (1990) 67. Detective Comics #168 Art by Lew Schwartz and George Roussos (1950) 66. Detective Comics #575 Art by Alan Davis and Paul Neary (1987) 65. Gotham by Gaslight: An Alternative History of the Batman Art by Mike Mignola (1989) 64. Detective Comics #345 Art by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella (1965) 63. The Brave and the Bold #124 62. The Untold Legend of Batman #3 Art by Josè Luis Garcia-Lopez and Dick Giordano (1980) 61. Detective Comics #400 60. Detective Comics #367 Art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson (1967) Art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson (1965) 58. Detective Comics #359 Art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson (1966) 56. Detective Comics #399 Art by Neal Adams (1970) 55. Detective Comics #29 Art by Andy Kubert (2007) Art by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella (1966) Art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (1979)
50. Detective Comics #241 Art by Sheldon Moldoff (1956) Art by Andy Kubert (2009) 47. Detective Comics #474 Art by Marshall Rogers and Terry Austin (1977) Art by Jim Lee and Scott Williams (2003) Art by David Mazzucchelli (1987) 43. Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-51 42. Detective Comics #366 41. Death in the Family TPB Art by Todd McFarlane (1988) Art by Fred Ray and Jerry Robinson (1942) 38. The Brave and the Bold #93 37. Legends of the Dark Knight #50 Art by Brian Bolland and Rachel Birkett (1993) 36. Detective Comics #590 Art by Norm Breyfogle (1988) Art by Kelley Jones (1993) Art by Dick Giordano (1978) 32. Detective Comics #69 Art by Jerry Robinson (1942) 30. Detective Comics #475 29. Detective Comics #871 28. Batman: The Dark Knight #4 (The Dark Knight Falls) Art by Frank Miller (1986) Art by Neal Adams and Bernie Wrightson (1972) Art by Mike Mignola (1988)
Art by David Mazzucchelli (1986) 24. Batman #608 (Second Print) Art by Jim Lee and Scott Williams (2002) Art by Frank Quitely (2009) Art by Bill Sienkiewicz (1986) Art by Neal Adams (1971) Art by Walter Simonson (1983) 17. Detective Comics #38 Art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson (1940) 15. Detective Comics #880 14. Batman: The Dark Knight #2 (The Dark Knight Triumphant) Art by Sheldon Moldoff and Charles Paris (1963) 12. Detective Comics #476 Art by Marshall Rogers and Terry Austin (1978) Art by Neal Adams (1969) 10. Detective Comics #457 Art by Dick Giordano (1975) 7. Batman: The Killing Joke Art by Brian Bolland (1988) Art by Neal Adams (1972) 5. Detective Comics #31 1. Batman: The Dark Knight #1 (The Dark Knight Returns) A bunch of you asked for #100-76, so as a special BONUS, I’ll show you #100-76 on the next two pages. If you just want the Top 75, then you’re done. If you’d like to see more, go to the next two pages!
Art by Alex Ross (2008) 99. Detective Comics #472 Art by Norm Breyfogle (1990) Art by Dick Sprang (1945) 96. Detective Comics #699 Art by Graham Nolan (1998) 94. Batman: The Dark Knight #3 (Hunt the Dark Knight) Art by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye (1958) Art by J.H. Williams III (2007) 89. Detective Comics #570 Art by Alan Davis and Paul Neary (1986) Go to the next page for #88-76! 88. Detective Comics #451 86. Swamp Thing #53 Art by Stephen Bissette (1986) 85. Detective Comics #408 84. Batman: The Long Halloween #1 Art by Tim Sale (1996) 83. Batman: War on Crime Art by Alex Ross (1999) Art by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano (1972) 81. DC Special Series #27 Art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (1981) Art by Jim Aparo (1980) 79. Detective Comics #583 Art by Mike Mignola (1987) Art by Alex Ross (2009) 77. Batman: Black and White #4 Art by Alex Toth (1996) Art by Jim Lee and Scott Williams (2002)