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A Reader’s Guide to Herman Melville, First Edition

Contributed by Stephen Coles on Jul 25th, 2016. Artwork published in
1962
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    A Reader’s Guide to Herman Melville, First Edition 1
    Source: blog.typekit.com From the collection of Dr. Shelley Gruendler. License: All Rights Reserved.

    While the cover designer for this paperback is unclear, the interior states “designed by Robin Fox”. The cover shows similarities to the work of Alvin Lustig. Perhaps Lustig’s work for Noonday in the 1950s set the tone for the publisher which was followed by this designer.

    A Reader’s Guide to Herman Melville, First Edition 2
    Source: articulo.mercadolibre.com.ve License: All Rights Reserved.
    A Reader’s Guide to Herman Melville, First Edition 3
    Source: articulo.mercadolibre.com.ve License: All Rights Reserved.
    A Reader’s Guide to Herman Melville, First Edition 4
    Source: articulo.mercadolibre.com.ve License: All Rights Reserved.

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    • Cheltenham
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    3 Comments on “A Reader’s Guide to Herman Melville, First Edition”

    1. Florian Hardwig says:
      Jul 25th, 2016 8:48 pm

      See Volta + herring. Also, I wonder what came first, the logo of Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (later Giroux), or the one for Fischer Bücherei (Wolf D. Zimmermann, 1952).

    2. benjamin shaykin says:
      Aug 8th, 2016 6:15 pm

      The Tales Behind the Branding 32 Storied Book Publishers

    3. Florian Hardwig says:
      Aug 9th, 2016 9:57 pm

      Thank you very much, Benjamin! That article is a treasure trove.

      The three fish of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux were pulled directly from Noonday Press upon its acquisition in 1960. They had been employed as a device on the cover of Noonday’s short-lived, self-titled literary magazine, […] published during 1958 and 1959 […]

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