A Taxonomy of Barnacles
Picador, New York, New York, 2006
Description
A Taxonomy of Barnacles is a modern Victorian comedy of manners—a wealthy, eccentric patriarch declares that his six daughters must compete for his fortune—and a study in social Darwinism—whoever can best carry on the Barnacle name gets the Barnacle fortune. Much of the book is devoted to the amorous to-ings and fro-ings of the two eldest Barnacle sisters and the cute Finch twins next door. It’s Balthus girls meets Charles Darwin meets The Royal Tenenbaums.
Juror Notes
“Title-image combo makes me smile.”
Collections:
50 Books | 50 Covers of 2006
Repository:
Denver Art Museum
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book cover
Credits
- Design firm
- Picador
- Creative director
- Henry Sene Yee
- Jacket designer
- Henry Sene Yee
- Illustrators
- Pete Garceau, Pierre Mornet
- Production artists
- LeeAnn Falciani, Pete Garceau
- Picture editor
- Laura Hanifin
- Production directors
- Eric Bliss, Justine Faustino
- Production coordinator
- Adriana Coada
- Author
- Galt Niederhoffer
- Editors
- Elizabeth Beier, Frances Coady, Sam Douglas
- Trim size
- 5.5 x 8.25 inches
- Pages
- 384
- Quantity printed
- 16,000
- Compositor
- Offset
- Typefaces
- Bauer Bodoni, Didot, Hoefler, Type Foundry L06 (Light and Light Italic)
- Printer/binder
- RR Donnelley
- Jacket printers
- Jaguar Advanced Graphics, Inc., Phoenix Color Corp.
- Paper
- 4/C process with Gritty Matte UV, 12 pt. C1S
- Binding method
- Notch
- Publisher/client
- Picador
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