December 2008. Suspicions arise within me that various imminent religious holidays, pagan celebrations and both spousal and own birthdays will interfere with the regularity of posting here over the next couple of weeks. Before any potential absence, though (not that any of this is planned ahead: as with much in life, I'm winging it), cop an eyeful of some other lovely Folio Society books and their illustrations, all designed and drawn by Francis Mosley. Here's the cover and some of the interior art for a collection of the great M. R. James' ghost stories. Afficionados of James' work will recognise at once which stories some of these illustrate. Mosley has also had the distinction of designing and illustrating all of Folio's Joseph Conrad books, a beautiful set of deep blue volumes with bold, text-free front covers.
From Conrad to Conan Doyle: Mosley designed and illustrated Folio's Sherlock Holmes set (shown here with an illustration from The Valley of Fear). Basically, he's ace. Book Porn. Bookshelf Porn. The Book Cover Archive. Polish Book Cover Contest entries. Polish Book Cover Contest entries See the winning entries of the Polish Book Cover Contest I received about 250 covers for the contest.
A hearty thank you to everyone who participated! Here are some more covers I really liked (alphabetized by...first name...). Complete entries can be seen in this flickr set. Adam Banaszek, The Martian Chronicles Agnes Legowiecka, Alice in Wonderland Andrew Chan, The Shining (dayshu [at] hotmail [dot] com) Annette Barbara Walowicz, Anne of Green Gables Asia Pietrzyk, Profesor Tutka (asia82simplement [at] yahoo [dot] com) Ben Thomas, The Ice Man, Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer Boris Rapaport, Devil's Dance Brian Cook, Brave New World Bryce S.
Carole Anne Van Reeth, The Road to Los Angeles Cat Finnie, The Old Man and the Sea Charlyn Wee, Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World Chris Taylor, A Clockwork Orange Chris Vernon, The Rum Diary Christina Aleksandrova, The City and the Pillar Chyrum Lambert, Mist Chyrum Lambert, The Tartar Steppe Giuseppe F. M.