Whoever said you can't judge a book by its cover?
Fourteen iconic covers were recently commissioned by Michael Gillette to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth.
Labeled as the "2008 CENTENARY EDITION" all fourteen hardbacks feature painted illustrations of women, rich, vibrant, retro colours and big type. The compositions with their set type and drawn image have that 60's inspired look.
After examining each cover I've come to the conclusion that the designs are conceptually fun yet at the same time serious. They draw you in and there is no reason why they should look like they are not worth owning.
Hopefully the books will make it here. I'd love to buy (all fourteen) just for their beautiful art. The new Bond hardbacks will be published by Penguin Books in the United Kingdom on May 29th. Click for more information.
3 comments:
Gorgeous! I would buy any of those as posters, forget book covers!
I love these covers - I love the style.
I actually really love when people go back and redesign a whole line of covers by the same author. It helps bring them all together.
http://www.amazon.com/Chrysalids-John-Wyndham/dp/0140013083/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211590268&sr=8-2
The above link is one example - the book linked in the Chrysalids - while I own at least one other book of his illustrated in the same way, and have seen two others out there that I don't yet own.
It's just a nice thing to do. But again, love these covers in your post!
Lisa, you are 100% correct. I have never been a poster collector, but these are definitely worthy of posterdom.
Good find, Moe.
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