tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post623996531912028880..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Four CornersJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-24169148797346175982009-01-28T15:21:00.000-08:002009-01-28T15:21:00.000-08:00Thanks, John: I will amend the post to link to you...Thanks, John: I will amend the post to link to your fine review.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-69860344007808369812009-01-28T15:03:00.000-08:002009-01-28T15:03:00.000-08:00I've written about the Kafka on my blog, where I'v...I've written about the Kafka on my blog, where I've also posted some more pics of the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-5997023637485980942009-01-07T14:30:00.000-08:002009-01-07T14:30:00.000-08:00My copy of Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor arrived t...My copy of <EM>Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor</EM> arrived today. A little disappointed to report that it does not look quite like copy shown above and on Four Corners' website. The cover is black not grey, and smooth rather than fibrous as it appears in the photo, and the lettering less firmly debossed than shown. Just not quite as dramatic looking. Nonetheless the type and paper is good, and the endpapers have a makes-your-eyes-go-funny stripy design which reminded me a little of the interior cover of the UK hardback of Michel Faber's <EM>The Fahrenheit Twins</EM>, if that's of help to anyone...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-74195930858639783562009-01-05T13:38:00.000-08:002009-01-05T13:38:00.000-08:00I WILL be seeking out that volume! Looks fantastic...I WILL be seeking out that volume! Looks fantastic. And Faber have a book coming out later this year all about the history of their book covers too--I assume to follow the success of Penguin's various books on same.<BR/><BR/>Huysmans I thought of as a good decadent as the man had a tortoise with gold and jewels glued to its shells. Another wildly inappropriate choice would be 'The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists'.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-73303254391169500912009-01-05T10:48:00.000-08:002009-01-05T10:48:00.000-08:00absolutely brilliant stuff...absolutely brilliant stuff...Ian Koviakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779092543413941740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-11108041979892523002009-01-05T07:47:00.000-08:002009-01-05T07:47:00.000-08:00Hm yes, I was trying to think of an appropriate si...Hm yes, I was trying to think of an appropriate sixth volume to match the air of privilege in the five others. Huysmans I don't really know, which explains why I didn't come up with him.<BR/><BR/>Then I began trying to think of books (in the Penguin stable) that would be entirely <EM>in</EM>appropriate for such a luxurious treatment. Burroughs, perhaps? Orwell?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I ordered the Kafka Four Corners edition.<BR/><BR/>And will you be seeking out <A HREF="http://thepenguinblog.typepad.com/the_penguin_blog/2009/01/for-cover-lovers-out-there---a-great-book-of-cover-design-that-features-a-lot-of-great-design-including-many-penguin-design.html" REL="nofollow">this volume</A>, JRSM?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-21354046531782282782009-01-04T20:36:00.000-08:002009-01-04T20:36:00.000-08:00Tuesday, you're not alone!John, I was lusting over...Tuesday, you're not alone!<BR/><BR/>John, I was lusting over those Ambergs in a bookshop the other day, but at $125 Australian they're a little pricey. I hadn't noticed the lushness they all share, Chandler apart, but you're right! Perhaps they should have done Huysmans instead.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-18236016974592514322009-01-04T15:37:00.000-08:002009-01-04T15:37:00.000-08:00All these niche markets must exist for suckers lik...All these niche markets must exist for suckers like me who fall for every single marketing technique out there. <BR/><BR/>I think I'm in love with these books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-68484950141141012142009-01-04T15:13:00.000-08:002009-01-04T15:13:00.000-08:00What an interesting idea. I must have the Kafka.A...What an interesting idea. I must have the Kafka.<BR/><BR/>Also been thinking a lot about <EM>Dorian Gray</EM> recently as I've picked up the Penguin Bill Amberg leather-bound edition. God it's a lovely object. Also have <EM>Gatsby</EM>, with the others on their way. The titles are supposedly a choice of personal favourites by Amberg, though it can be no coincidence that these luxury editions (£50 cover price, though I paid £20 each on Penguin's website: a recession being a bad time to start charging that sort of money for a book, I guess) are almost all titles with associations of ostentation, decadence even: the aforementioned, plus <EM>Breakfast at Tiffany's, Brideshead Revisited</EM> and <EM>A Room With a View</EM>. The only one which doesn't seem to fit is Chandler's <EM>The Big Sleep</EM>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com