A Hole In The Ground by Andrew Garve (Paul Winterton) (Pan 343, 1955). Cover Art by Sax. #AHoleInTheGround #AndrewGarve #PaulWinterton #1950s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #PanBook #PanBooks #crime #mystery #thriller #thrillerbooks

New exhibition incoming… This week we’re installing The Forgotten Library: Enriqueta Rylands and her books. We’re carefully installing a jewelled binding and a tiny book Opening Wednesday 20 May. Free entry. Learn more about the exhibition here: https://ow.ly/saip50YYTBN

Herbert W Franke sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/franke... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Tom Breuer, [couldn't identify], Gruppo Ajna and Vincent Di Fate):

'Last night I dreamt I went to Orkney Library again.' Happy Birthday to Daphne Du Maurier, born 119 years ago (on the 13th May) in 1907. 🎂 Remembering that time we made a Daphne Du Maurier Biography #Bookface in the Orkney Room.

Publication Anniversary Covers "A first edition copy of "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf, which was first published on this day in 1925. The first edition dust jacket features art by Vanessa Bell, Woolf's sister." Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

On May 14, 1925, Mrs Dalloway is published.

Roger Zelazny sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/zelazn... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Bob Haberfield, Karel Thole, [uncredited] and Dennis Leigh):

This exquisite 17th-century book features an embroidered dos-à-dos binding. “Dos-à-dos” (French for “back-to-back”) joins two books into one. Here, the Psalter and New Testament are bound together, embroidered with pansies & carnations. BSS.201.C33.15 (1633). By kind permission of Bible Society.

Designer of the Year Luke Bird The British Book Awards 2026 www.thebookseller.com/british-book...

Cover to Josie and the Snow by Helen E. Buckley and illustrated by Evaline Ness (1965). #wardsmorguefile

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of Puffin Picture Books, inspired by my visit to the Noel Carrington exhibition at the Higgins Bedford. thesilverlocket.com/noel-carring...

2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show Traveling Show Schedule: design.up.hcommons.org/2025-traveli...

Noel Carrington: Nothing Need Be Ugly 15 November - 2 September 2026 Curated by writer and publisher Joe Pearson (Design for Today), this exhibition tells the story of publishing’s unsung hero Noel Carrington (1895–1989). www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/Exhibitions/...

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Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ Until 30 May 2026 www.chippenham.gov.uk/chippenham-m...

Author Allan Kiodomari sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kiodom... died and artist David Pelham sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pelham... was born on this day, so here's some related cover art (Artist: 1&2 [couldn't identify]; 3&4 David Pelham):

Artist David Pelham (1938-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1972; R, 1977 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Join me in my blog post today for a celebration of Rosemary Sutcliff and Charles Keeping: thesilverlocket.com/rosemary-sut...

Barry B. Longyear (1942-2025) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Kevin Eugene Johnson, 1984; R, John Rush, 1980 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

First in a year-by-year series. An overview of graphic design in 1900, exploring Art Nouveau, the Eckmann-Schrift typeface, the Steglitz Workshop, the Doves Press and more, illustrated with artefacts from the Design Reviewed archive. designreviewed.com/the-year-190...

Douglas Adams sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/adams_... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: 2nd by Mick Brownfield, couldn't identify the others):

Artist Bruce Pennington (1944-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1969; R, 1971 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Caroline Johnson, contemporary UK fine artist and sketcher #WomensArt #Sunday

Time for a round of ‘you can only pick one’. Which will it be?

Stay tuned for more from our continuing sky high series, "things that fly." What's That Plane by Walter Pitkin, Jr. Enlarged second edition, revised to March 1, 1943. A Fighting Forces - Penguin Special.

Over the next week or so, we’ll be doing a #SIMSseries on this 13th century Italian copy of works on arithmetic and cosmology by Johannes de Sacro Bosco (UPenn LJS 26). The first view of LJS 26 is surprising! The binding is modern, but the manuscript definitely is not. 🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa

Colin Andrew's cover art detail for the 1978 edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Carson of Venus (1939) #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ Until 30 May 2026 www.chippenham.gov.uk/chippenham-m...

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Richard Adams (1920-2016) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Martin White, 1974; R, Pauline Baynes, 1973 #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #books

Enjoying Colyer & Hammond’s ‘Flies of the British Isles (1951) for its retro fly-catching in full suit and tie, with pipe. I’m the first person to borrow the copy from @theul.bsky.social. #Diptera

William Tenn (1920-2010) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Richard Powers, 1956; R, Stephen Miller, 1968 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Richard McKenna (1913-1964) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Angus McKie, 1976; R, Ed Valigursky, 1958 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

The doggy arms of the Dutch nobleman, ornithologist, palaeontologist & President of the Académie royale de Belgique, Bernard Aimé Léonard du Bus de Gisignies (1808-74). On a copy of Albertus Magnus’s ‘De animalibus’ (Mantua, 1479). @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Inc.1.B.18.4[2152].

Geoff Ryman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ryman_... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Les Edwards [as Edward Miller], Rowena Morrill, Tony Roberts and Alan M Clark). Not certain if the 4th illustrates the Ryman/Jeffrey tale:

A small wonder of 1950s publishing: John Lewis’s ‘A Handbook of Type and Illustration: with notes on certain graphic processes and the production of books’. Published 1956 by @faberbooks.bsky.social.

A Complete State Of Death by John Gardner (Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1969). Jacket design by M. Mohan based on a reproduction of a fragment from Bosch’s painting ‘The Haywain’. Filmed as ‘The Stone Killer’. #ACompleteStateOfDeath #JohnGardner #1960s #JonathanCape #cover #coverart #TheStoneKiller #thriller

The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger (Signet D1667, Seventeenth Printing, April 1961). Cover Art by James Avati. #TheCatcherInTheRye #JDSalinger #1960s #book #books #paperback #SignetBook #SignetBooks #JamesAvati #HoldenCaulfield

#bookwormsat ... d'oh! who ya gonna call? The Pirate's Ghost, Doc Savage by Kenneth Robeson. 1971, cover art by James Bama. #booksky

A kimono named “Ah, I fell” by artist Ayako Ohashi

Theodore Sturgeon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sturge... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: [uncredited], Gray Morrow, Herbert H Pagani and Željko Pahek):

Pavo and the Princess - by Evaline Ness (1964). Ness worked with a varied mix of materials when illustrating her books. Woodcut, ink, serigraphy, among others. #wardsmorguefile

We’re wandering into the storybook kingdom of Peter and the Princess by Carl H. Grabo, with illustrations by John R. Neill and published in Chicago by Reilly & Lee in 1920. Designed for rainy afternoons and dramatic reading voices. –Melissa, DCLA tinyurl.com/6yptyvj5

Robert A Heinlein sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/heinle... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Rein van Looy, Danny Flynn, Patrick Woodroffe and Jack Gaughan):

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Wacky Wrainbow Wrappers @newberrylibrary.bsky.social

90th Anniversary of The Story of Ferdinand Celebrated with Special Exhibition www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...