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Book Covers

"Don't judge a book by its cover", goes the popular phrase, but striking cover art stays long in our memories. Here's a variety of book cover designs, from children's fiction to classics of world literature.

Vänersborgs museum

Bok ''Guinness World Records 2000, Guinnness Rekordbok'' Inför millennieskiftet översvämmades marknaden av produkter, av mer eller mindre kortlivad natur, som skulle minna om detta högst ovanliga kalenderskifte. År 2000 hade länge stått so…

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Rijksmuseum

Nummer 5 uit de reeks: het Japanse sprookje Kaki-kachi mountain, in het Engels; kaft met titel en afbeelding van aangeklede mol en konjin; binnenkant kaft, voorwoord; tien bladen Engelse tekst met illustraties; kaft, colofon.

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Toy Museum of the City of Nuremberg

Alice in wonderland; Br.-Cover with illustration; picture book with text, narrow. Language; well preserved

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Petőfi Literary Museum

cover design by Mr. Lajos Kondor.

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Petőfi Literary Museum

cover design by Mr. Miklós Somos. PIM restored pld.

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Helsingborg Museum

Children’s book, “Hans and Greta,” “Freely processed after Grimm.” With colour printing after original watercolours by Theodor Hosemann. The book is printed in Malmö 1874. On the cover image of magician sitting on a throne. The Wizard holds a small trophy…

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Petőfi Literary Museum

cover design by Mr. Gábor Pécsi.

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Petőfi Literary Museum
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Heidelberg University Library

Shelfmark: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2013 C 4688 RES

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Rijksmuseum

Het kruidboek van Rembert Dodoens, getiteld: Cruijdeboeck in den welcken die gheheele historie, dat is tgheslacht, tfatsoen, naem, natuere, cracht ende werckinghe, van den cruyden, niet alleen hier te lande wassende, maer oock van den anderen vremden in d…

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Rijksmuseum

Boekje van crepepapier met op de kaft een oude vrouw en een knoedel en daarboven de titlel; 10 bladen: 9 bladen met illustraties van de oude vrouw en haar zoektocht naar de knoedel met bijbehorende tekst; 1 blad met uitleg over de serie; binnenkant kaft b…

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University of Edinburgh

Call Number - 0028948; Shelf Mark - N/A

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Digital Art and Culture Archive Düsseldorf
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Toy Museum of the City of Nuremberg

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (J. H. Tischbein); 1 paperback: Johann Woljgang von Goethe, “Italian Journey,” published in the series “GOLDMANNS GELBE TASCHENBÜCHER,” volume 427,

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Petőfi Literary Museum

cover design, binding: Borítóval

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Petőfi Literary Museum

cover design by Gabriella Hcover mpő

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Petőfi Literary Museum

cover design by Mr. László Réber

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Vänersborgs museum

Samlings utgåva av skämt tidningen MAD s alla nummer under år 2000. Svenska MAD har getts ut med tillstånd av E.C: Publications /USA. Inför millennieskiftet översvämmades marknaden av produkter, av mer eller mindre kortlivad natur, som skulle minna om det…

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Vänersborgs museum

Bok av Stephen Jay Gould, utgiven av Ordfront. Titel ''Myterna om millenniet''. Inför millennieskiftet översvämmades marknaden av produkter, av mer eller mindre kortlivad natur, som skulle minna om detta högst ovanliga kalenderskifte. År 2…

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Petőfi Literary Museum
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European Library of Information and Culture

Divine Comedy (comm. Martino Paolo Nidobeato and Guido da Terzago). Mediolani urbe illustrious: Lud. & Alber. Pedemontani friend Iove imposuerunt, Free Year MCCCCLXXVIII V id. f. - 82, 74, 94 c. ; [a;, b ¹;, c-e;, f-g, h-k;, l], [a;, b-c;, d-e;, f-;, …

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Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
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