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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, New York, 1998
Description
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.
Collections:
50 Books | 50 Covers of 1998
Repository:
Denver Art Museum
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book cover
Credits
- Design firm
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Art director/designer
- Susan Mitchell
- Illustrator
- Rockwell Kent (from the library of Elnita Straus, Council House)
- Typefaces
- Copperplate 32bc, Matrix Script
- Printer
- Phoenix
- Paper
- 80# Hammermill Alpine White, Lustre Regalia
- Author
- Anne Fadiman
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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