tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post1238897511359396898..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: IcyJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-57022884444544331062009-09-16T15:53:51.544-07:002009-09-16T15:53:51.544-07:00Bright green could work really well--I must seek t...Bright green could work really well--I must seek that out.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-59998688567871069302009-09-16T10:22:33.356-07:002009-09-16T10:22:33.356-07:00The new Twilight series has bright red dyed page e...The new Twilight series has bright red dyed page edges (My friends all say it looks really tacky) and the new Wicked also has bright green dyed page edges which looks really really cool.Jellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290882989589671632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-13233939230206768362009-07-11T19:17:30.123-07:002009-07-11T19:17:30.123-07:00Hey, George: if the books you're after are in ...Hey, George: if the books you're after are in print, the best place is almost always the Book Depository. For the book you're talking about, try http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781844081240/The-Old-Man-and-Me for a copy for about $14, or http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781590173176/The-Old-Man-and-Me for a $17 version with the nicer cover.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-90640319856477577502009-07-10T04:00:36.933-07:002009-07-10T04:00:36.933-07:00Really want to read that book by the woman who had...Really want to read that book by the woman who had the affair with cyril connolly. Where did you pick it up? Shall have to put together a proper list of books I wish to read and make efforts to locate copies of them... maybe it could be a competition!Georgie Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383933627019693336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-88759374403483482322009-07-07T16:08:44.522-07:002009-07-07T16:08:44.522-07:00It looks like a chunk of bullion! Nice.It looks like a chunk of bullion! Nice.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-67848579662914516942009-07-07T05:36:26.110-07:002009-07-07T05:36:26.110-07:00The hardback for Hurricane Gold by Charlie Higson ...The hardback for Hurricane Gold by Charlie Higson also has guilded edges, and they are in gold. With nice embossing on gold foil on the cover, it's all gold!tom/tom@the-parish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-14933853760428763142009-07-06T13:43:23.427-07:002009-07-06T13:43:23.427-07:00Heheh - Davidson! That's it!
The Chip Kidd r...Heheh - Davidson! That's it!<br /><br />The Chip Kidd reminds me of the Alex Williamson illustrated edition of Nineteen Eighty Four published by Secker and Warburg in hardback in 1999 (for the 50th anniversary) - it had coloured 'tabs' on the page edges which, if you fanned the pages, spelt BIG BROTHER.John Selfhttp://theasylum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-48217238111501037852009-07-05T15:45:28.389-07:002009-07-05T15:45:28.389-07:00Charles: He could use it to make his name more mem...Charles: He could use it to make his name more memorable--Andrew 'Thingy' Davidson has a certain ring.<br /><br />Umlaut: I'd forgotten about the Chip Kidd. You're right about the execution--it was only once I'd read the book that I realised what the text was meant to say. Nice idea, though.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-66185069743021072222009-07-05T14:03:32.069-07:002009-07-05T14:03:32.069-07:00I spotted recently that The Cheese Monkeys by Chip...I spotted recently that The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd - who I'm sure needs little introduction here - has an innovative (but fairly odd) take on this. <br /><br />I can't find any pictures online, but the paperback's page edges are printed so that two separate phrases (key to the story) are revealed depending on which way you tilt them.<br /><br />Great idea, although it doesn't quite work in the execution - sadly, the phrases aren't quite legible without quite a bit of squinting!umlautnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-37718701530570299322009-07-05T02:39:42.485-07:002009-07-05T02:39:42.485-07:00Well, John got here first, and said both of the th...Well, John got here first, and said both of the things I'd intended to say, (though I might have spared Davidson the 'thingy'). I just thought I'd share this with you.Charles Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074227813367594283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-16316128664338339472009-07-03T19:13:31.094-07:002009-07-03T19:13:31.094-07:00Alan and John: I'll add that info to the post....Alan and John: I'll add that info to the post. Obviously this design element is more common than I thought. I wonder if I hadn't spotted it earlier because some of these books you've mentioned had their Australian editions published locally by cheap-arse printers who wouldn't replicate the colour. Though John would approve of that.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-21564807623126232612009-07-03T05:55:05.269-07:002009-07-03T05:55:05.269-07:00Andrew thingy's The Gargoyle had black-edged p...Andrew thingy's <em>The Gargoyle</em> had black-edged pages hardback, and Tim Willocks' <em>The Religion</em> had red ones.<br /><br />I have to say that I always, always hate this design feature. I saw the Sarah Moss book in my local store and when I pulled it out to look (because the cover is nice), and saw the blue edges, I wondered why a kids' book had been put among the adult fiction.<br /><br />[/meldrew]John Selfhttp://theasylum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-43597942040175297422009-07-03T05:46:49.738-07:002009-07-03T05:46:49.738-07:00I hadn't noticed that! Well, if it is a conspi...I hadn't noticed that! Well, if it is a conspiracy, at least it's a pretty one: <a href="http://twitpic.com/953pc" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/953pc</a>Alanhttp://greaterthanorequalto.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-55369432331645384632009-07-03T01:59:47.062-07:002009-07-03T01:59:47.062-07:00That's cool--and Scarlett Thomas is quoted on ...That's cool--and Scarlett Thomas is quoted on the front of Moss's book! See how it all fits together?JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-16769051820993696922009-07-03T01:03:53.771-07:002009-07-03T01:03:53.771-07:00Scarlett Thomas' The End of Mr Y and PopCo hav...Scarlett Thomas' The End of Mr Y and PopCo have their pages dyed like this (black and blue, respectively). It is a lovely technique.Alanhttp://greaterthanorequalto.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-87412999665128210512009-07-02T18:57:11.124-07:002009-07-02T18:57:11.124-07:00I really love the skeleton behind the words. So ee...I really love the skeleton behind the words. So eerie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-26672957114951501882009-07-02T17:56:10.468-07:002009-07-02T17:56:10.468-07:00I love gilded pages...I love gilded pages...Ian Koviakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779092543413941740noreply@blogger.com