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Collecting Christie @collectchristie.bsky.social · 2d

The 1936 1st edition of #agathachristie The ABC Murders. One of the classic Hercule #Poirot stories. His notable quote: "If you can induce a person to talk to you for long enough... sooner or later they will give themselves away" #goldenage #crimefiction #murdermystery #queenofcrime

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 2d

Artist Richard Hescox sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hescox... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his cover art. 1st for "The Dragon Lord" by Peter Morwood; 2nd for "Brightsuit MacBear" by L Neil Smith; 3rd for "The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley" and the 4th for "Life Force" by Zach Hughes:

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 2d

Frank Herbert sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/herber... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Bruce Pennington, Don Punchatz, Dean Ellis and Bruce Pennington):

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 2d

The choice of books in Felix Vallotton’s 'The Bookcase,' (1915) play nicely into the picture's palette: the shelves are filled with the yellow spines of the Bibliothèque Charpentier collection, in a nod to the (then) supposed female preference for thrilling novels.

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 3d

University of Iowa Conservation Lab Book Model Collection

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Collection: University of Iowa Conservation Lab Book Model Collection | ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa

The Book Model Collection (BMC) at the University of Iowa Libraries is an extensive teaching collection of more than 400 items housed in the Conservation Lab that demonstrates bookbinding techniques from various eras of history and across a broad range of cultures.

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 4d

"A celebration and information exchange about Margaret Armstrong, one of the great artists of the Golden Age of Publishers' Decorated Cloth Book Covers (from about 1887-1915)."

Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 4d

The Book Art of Margaret Armstrong
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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 4d

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 4d

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Collecting Christie @collectchristie.bsky.social · 5d

The 1932 first US edition of #agathachristie Peril at End House. I love this gothic-art-deco style jacket. A quote from the book: “Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." [ #poirot replied] "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.” #crimefiction #goldenage

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 5d

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Redesigns Thomas J. Watson Library
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Redesigns Thomas J. Watson Library

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the redesign of the Nolen Study Room in the Thomas J. Watson Library.

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Theo Paijmans @memizon.bsky.social · 5d

Added to my library: 16 parts (seven in this photo) of the spiritualist series ‘On the Borders of Two Worlds’ by feminist and paranormal spiritist Elise van Calcar (1822-1904). I have an almost complete set, but I couldn’t resist these bindings. It was published in 29 volumes, from 1877 to 1905.

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collectingromance.bsky.social @collectingromance.bsky.social · 7d

More Gothtober!
When did Ace do it better -- 1967 (left) or 1973 (right)
Robert Maguire did the 1973 illustration. Not sure about the one on the left.

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 6d

Robert Sydney Bowen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bowen_... was born on this day, so here are some of the covers to 'Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds' (1934-1935) for which Bowen wrote the lead story (Artist: all by Frederick Blakeslee):

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Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 7d

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The Lucy Maud Montgomery Bookbinding Exhibit

YouTube video by YourTV Halton

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Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 7d

KINDRED SPIRITS: THE LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY LEGACY AS INTERPRETED BY CONTEMPORARY BOOK ARTISTS

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Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild - Kindred Spirits

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 7d

@gallery.ca @bookcoverlove.bsky.social
Winners of this year’s Alcuin Society Awards – Canada’s only national competition for book design.
Until October 12th, 2025

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The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada 2024

Discover the winners of this year’s Alcuin Society Awards – Canada’s only national competition for book design.

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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 10d

The Wave by Evelyn Scott (1929)

Cover by Arthur Hawkins

The Wave is a 1929 novel by American modernist writer Evelyn Scott that uses the Civil War as a backdrop to explore the human condition through an experimental, kaleidoscopic narrative. - Goodreads

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 8d

Ladybird books in the spotlight:
British Birds and their Nests (1953 - 1956)
Artist: Allen Seaby

Front covers of the three books which were the first real non-fiction books for older children that Ladybird produced and were the start of the phenomenal increase in sales

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 8d

Gorgeous early Jill McDonald illustrated primary education book with an equally lovely interior

A slim educational book for primary children called further and further, the title is in black serif text inside a red circle to the top left, to the right a white diamond has black san serif text which reads a PM number story caption book, bellow this, in red and black the cover is patterned with cartoonish drawings of birds in red white and black, playfully positioned between geometric shapes, the style is very much mid century modern for children

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 7d

Andrew Lang's Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897) — Containing 78 weird happenings, from a demon strangling Devonian farmers in 1682 to a poltergeist terrorising a contemporary Chinese couple. Read it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-book-of-dreams-and-ghosts-1897

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collectingromance.bsky.social @collectingromance.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Gothtober! Here's a vintage gothic romance thread 👻

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Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.social · 8d

John Boyd (1919-2013) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Gene Szafran, 1972; R, Paul Lehr, 1975
#scifi #sciencefiction #books

Cover for the Organ Bank Farm. A brain in a container is observed by a large group of doctors. A larger brain is behind them.

Cover for the Andromeda Gun. Man with cowboy hat walks away from a large classic Lehr-shape (an ovoid with a spike) set in a desert.

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 8d

Artist Norman Adams sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/adams_... and author Beth Revis sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/revis_... were born on this day, so here are a couple of their covers (Norman Adams, Norman Adams, Jonathan Barkat and David Curtis):

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 8d

If you love the book covers of "Frankenstein" issued for the #Netflix release, be warned: That big ol' logo on the front is NOT a sticker; it's part of the covers.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I feel bad for the cover artists.

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