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What are some books with really cool designs on the covers and/ or spines?

>> No.17993137

Overdesigned, noisy and too bright colored. looks like something a teenage girl would like.

>> No.17993187
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>>17993123
I like them

>> No.17993230

>>17993123
I love the simplicity of Everymans Library

>> No.17993293

>>17993137
What spines should should an adult gentleman like?

>> No.17993364

>>17993137
Those are literally children's books so... yeah?

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>>17993230
Yes they have a nice simple aesthetic.

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Nothing will ever beat this design, it's pure kino

>> No.17993518

I want to collect sci fi books with all the wacky covers. That older sci fi art really does it for me.

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>>17993123

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Always thought pic related looked cool, could easily be a movie poster. Wasn't the biggest fan of the book itself though

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like this design a lot. got it for less than a buck in a thrift store

haven't read it yet tho kek

>> No.17994437

>>17993137
>something a teenage girl would like
Do you seriously not know the origin story of the series

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>>17994464

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>> No.17994498

>>17994464
I really like this one. Too bad I have a Wordsworth Moby Dick

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cool spines

>> No.17994582

Sahih Bukhari/Muslim, Seerah, Tafsir, and Qurans in arabic have neat and quality designs. I'm sure the same is true for other religious texts.

>> No.17995017

>>17993384
That's a cool cover for a remarkable book. The whole package.

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>>17993123
The original Hetzel edition of Jules Verne.

>> No.17995852

Shouldn't one avoid cool covers and go for good translations instead?

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>> No.17996913

>>17995852
One can have a shelf copy and a reading copy.

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>> No.17997696

>>17994556
Based and chinkpilled

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>>17997687
based

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This is one I found at a thrift store recently, it's more "neat" than "really cool" though.

>> No.17997758

>>17993123
>discussion about abstract concepts
>discussion about abstract concepts contained in particular books
>discussion about the content of books themselves
>discussion about the author and the context they wrote in
>discussion about the author and the name of his cat
>discussion about obtaining books
>discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of using books
>discussion about the physical quality of particular editions of particular books
^ we are here
>pictures of stacks of books you've read
>pictures of books haven't read
>pictures of books you don't own and don't plan to read
>pictures of the physical quality of particular books
>discussions about archival inks and paper pH values
>pictures of bookstores

>> No.17997794

I think it's the Penguin Clothbound Classics collection, theyve got some nice looking covers.

>> No.17997836

Who gives a fuck?

>> No.17997863

>>17997720
This is fucking horrible.

>> No.17998491

>>17997758
Amazing.

>> No.17998754

>>17997758
You forgot discussions about fonts.

>> No.17999890

flexibound world classics too bad they have a garbage illiad, pretty garbage translator choices in general

>> No.18000205

>>17997758
And it's a good thing

>> No.18000857

>>17993187
Nice.

>> No.18000876

>>17994397
peter østbye translation?

>> No.18000935

>>18000876
yes