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Design Category
Book design, 1998
Design firm
Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, New York)
Collection
(1999) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1998
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With Ex Libris as the title, an updated bookplate concept seemed a natural fit for this jacket. The Rockwell Kent illustration and the author’s “Confessions of a Common Reader” subtitle were a good match as well. But how to give oomph to a spare design? I selected a very smooth uncoated stock and an uncommon color. The green shade required two passes through the printing press.