Mencken by Carl Bode Contributed by Nick Sherman on Aug 11th, 2012. Artwork published in 1969. Source: bookworship.com License: All Rights Reserved. An astute observation on Book Worship: His name in this typeface looks cool. His name in this typeface 10 more times looks 10 times cooler. The hardback edition was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1969. A paperback edition by Arcturus followed in 1973. Source: www.goodreads.com License: All Rights Reserved. Typefaces Formats Books (4060) Topics Literature (1944) Designers/Agencies George Lenox (1) Tagged withH.L. Mencken (1)Carl Bode (1)book covers (3543)repetition (522)cropped type (277)crop-and-repeat (49)big type (1106)only type (905)red and black (786)Southern Illinois University Press (1)Arcturus (1)wall of type (237) Artwork location United States (6456) Carbondale In Sets Cover Design (C. Redmon) (27) Chopped and screwed (Roque Strew) (9) Graphic (Litara Ung) (71) sans serif (Reshid Bey) (10) VGC (Florian Hardwig) (228) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Neil Bold in use Edward S. Aarons paperback covers, Fawcett Gold Medal editions, 1969–72c. 1970unknownContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Norman Greenbaum – “Spirit in the Sky” single cover1969unknownContributed by Jan Middendorp EBONICS: The True Language of Black Folks1975Contributed by Ian Lanius Sponsor More in Literature Deep Throat by D.M. Perkins1973Photo(s) by Steve on Flickr. Becoming by Michelle Obama book cover2018Christopher BrandContributed by Stephen Coles Lettres de mon moulin by Alphonse Daudet (Garnier Flammarion)c. 1972Patrick CourivaudPhoto(s) by Alexis Orloff on Flickr. The Collected Writings of Jerzy Grotowski2013Marcin HernastesseraContributed by Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh More in Books Pier en Oceaan by Oek de Jong2012Tessa van der WaalsContributed by Tessa van der Waals Implication. Negotiating boundaries on damaged Earth2018Clément Le Tulle-NeyretContributed by Clément Le Tulle-Neyret Staff Pick Home School2019JAC&Contributed by Jacinta Lippold Wielcy Odkrywcy by Marcin Jamkowski & Karol Banach2017Karol BanachContributed by Laïc: Type Foundry More Fonts In Use Basel Kunstverein Kunsthalle annual report 20182018Anton StuckardtBarbara Acevedo StrangeContributed by Massimiliano Audretsch Staff Pick Library Way, New York City1998Gregg LeFevreContributed by Laurence Penney Blog Arthur C. Clarke paperback series (Signet, 1981–1983)c. 1981Vincent Di FatePaul AlexanderJohn BerkeyContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick The Abecedarian Book by Charles W. Ferguson1964John AlcornContributed by Felix Nic Staff Pick