An Archive of Book Cover Designs & Designers
Book Info:

Consolation in the Face of Death

Author: Samuel Johnson

Publisher:

Genre: Biographies and Memories

Design Info:

Designer: David Pearson

Typography:

The Book Cover Archive, for the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design.

Who runs this thing?

The Book Cover Archive is edited and maintained by Ben Pieratt and Eric Jacobsen.

BCA biz © 2024 Internetland & Eric Jacobsen. All covers are the copyright of their respective owners. We work hard to credit well.

Send suggestions, comments or bugs to info@bookcoverarchive.com.

Font identification

Font identification generously provided by Stephen Coles, editor of Fonts In Use and Typographica.

Portfolio sites of
book cover designers

  • Mark Abrams
  • Kelly Blair
  • Milan Bozic
  • Christopher Brand
  • Barbara deWilde
  • Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
  • David Drummond
  • David Gee
  • Jonathan Gray
  • Darren Haggar
  • High Design
  • Jamie Keenan
  • Chip Kidd™
  • Gregg Kulick
  • Chin-Yee Lai
  • Mark Melnick
  • Peter Mendelsund
  • David Pearson
  • Isaac Tobin
  • Megan Wilson
  • Ben Wiseman
  • Henry Sene Yee
  • Helen Yentus

Great sites on
book cover design

  • The Casual Optimist
  • The Book Design Review
  • Book Covers Anonymous
  • Faceout Books
  • Judge a Book…
  • Tal Designz
  • The Penguin Blog
  • Peter Mendelsund’s Thoughts
  • The Pelican Project
  • Joe Kral’s Penguin Collection
  • Caustic Cover Critic

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