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Book Covers of Note September 2014

It’s hard to believe it is already September, but here we are… time for another round of book covers!

If you’re new to this feature, each month I collect together new and recent covers that have caught my eye in the previous few weeks. Although the focus is on books released in the current month, the posts also include covers I’ve missed earlier in the year. You can find the previous month’s posts here.

Thanks (as always) to my local bookstores — Type Books on Queen West, Book City on the Danforth, and Indigo Bay & Bloor — for fighting the good fight (and their wonderful displays!).

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Abbott Miller: Design and Content; design by Pentagram (Princeton Architectural Press / September 2014)

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Arvida by Samuel Archibald; design by Catherine D’Amours / Pointbarre (Le Quartanier / August 2014)
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(this is an obvious miss from last month’s post about maps. Sorry Catherine!)

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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel; design by Rodrigo Corral Design; photograph Demurez/Glasshouse (Henry Holt / September 2014)

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The City Under the Skin by Geoff Nicholson; design by Oliver Munday; photograph by George Baier IV (FSG / June 2014)

(Another one that should have been in the maps post. And yes, that really is someone’s back apparently)

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The Establishment by Owen Jones; design by Richard Green (Allen Lane / September 2014)

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Forensic Songs by Mike McCormack; design by Jason Booher (SOHO / July 2014)

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God Telling a Joke by David Margoshes; design by David Drummond (Oolichan Books / May 2014)

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Hack Attack by Nick Davies; design by David Drummond (Faber & Faber / August 2014)

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The Histories by Herodotus; design by Coralie Bickford-Smith (Penguin Classics / September 2014)

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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison; design by JP King (Penguin / August 2014)

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Lippy by Bush Moukarzel; design by Jason Booher (Oberon Books / August 2014)

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The Most Dangerous Animal of All by Gary L. Stewart with Susan Mustafa; design by Jarrod Taylor (HarperCollins / June 2014)

(I’m not endorsing the content of this book at all, but the red acetate cover does need to be seen in person to be fully appreciated)

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty; design by David High / High Design (W. W. Norton / September 2014)

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The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland; design by Keith Hayes (Algonquin Books / May 2014)

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Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle; design by Timothy Goodman (FSG / September 2014)

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Wittgenstein Jr by Lars Iyers; design by Christopher Brian King (Melville House / September 2014)

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You by Zoran Drvenkar; design by Kelly Blair (Knopf / August 2014)

2 Comments

  1. D Berne

    Many thanks for your continued focus on cover design. Love this new feature!

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