Displaying 1–36 of 616 book jackets
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Abercrombie,
Barbara ,
1979
Harper & Row
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780060100216
It's about a rape and a murder, but manages to be essentially comedic as well. It's a bit surprising that, at this early stage in Fred's jacket-designing career, he was able to convince the publisher that this conceptual cover would be a good idea. Yep, nothing there. Good riddance.
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Ackerley,
J. R. ,
1990
Poseidon Press
First Edition,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780671707057
When Evelyn Waugh says, “radiantly delightful...a book difficult to praise temperately,” how could a publisher, or Fred, resist featuring the quote on the jacket? Fred produced a number of covers for Ackerley’s books; for this one, a playful photo offset by an appropriate decorative device.
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Ackerley,
J. R. ,
1986
Poseidon Press
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780671634711
The distinguished British author hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when, well into middle age, he came into possession of a German Shepherd. To his surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life. Fred’s jacket features a complimentary quote by E. M. Forster.
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Ackerley,
J. R. ,
1988
Poseidon Press
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780671656751
Fred designed a series of jackets for books by Ackerley, whose preferred topics were homosexuality and dogs. In this one, the author limits himself to his relations with his family and his sex-life. Who could resist the presentation of a rave quote by Truman Capote?
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Ackerley,
J. R. ,
1989
Poseidon Press
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780671678111
Here’s another book jacket from Fred’s J. R. Ackerley series. The author called this novel “a fairy tale for adults.” In it, he managed to combine his two obsessions, homosexuality and dogs, the latter in this case a beautiful but neglected German Shepherd named Evie.
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Ackroyd,
Peter ,
1989
Grove Press
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780802111616
Fred delighted in allowing bits of sky to peek through unlikely places. For the jacket of this first edition, he presents an archeology dig with subtle wheelbarrows and shovels, but what they appear to have uncovered is an infinite future. And that’s exactly what the book’s about.
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Aczél,
Tamás ,
1981
Pantheon Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780394512600
“Two pairs of spectacles confront each other on the cover of ‘Illuminations,’” observed D. M. Thomas in his New York Times review. The novel deals with a Hungarian dentist who loses his eyesight. Ophthalmic references abound throughout the book, so why not?
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Agrippa,
Heinrich Cornelius,
1983
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Reissue,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374182632
Here was an odd project for Fred, but he certainly created a beauty. This book was first published in England, in 1857. Compared in its wisdom to the "I Ching," the Oracle derives its infallibility from a reliable mathematical plan (supposedly). And it’s all about love.
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Aherne,
Brian ,
1979
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671247973
Was actor George Sanders, who committed suicide in 1972 at age 65, really a dreadful man? Perhaps. But here, through the eyes of best (nearly only) friend Brian Aherne, he's just a one-dimensionally pathetic one—spending his last 15 years of life as a roving curmudgeon.
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Albery,
Nobuko ,
1986
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671605209
Fred’s first edition jacket presents a novelized historical romance about the founder of the Noh theater of Japan, Zeami, who at the age of 12 became the beloved of the Ashikaga Shogun Yoshimitsu, ruler of all 14th-century Japan.
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Allain,
Marcel ,
1986
William Morrow and Company
Reissue,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780688043605
Fantomas was a classic French anti-hero and arch-criminal invented in the early years of the twentieth century by co-authors, who were widely considered to be pulp fiction hacks. But they were revered by many.
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Allain,
Marcel ,
1987
William Morrow and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
780688072650
Here he is again! It’s Fantomas, the famous French arch-villain from a series of novels written between 1911 and 1914. A snake is featured in the story, but not from under the anti-hero’s cloak. Or is that a tail? This was Fred’s little joke.
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Allen,
Judy ,
1977
E.P. Dutton
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780525341635
The label on the bottle reads “There be a witch in here. Let her out and there be a peck of trouble.” It’s probably not a surprise to learn that a curious boy can’t resist the challenge, in this acclaimed book for children. For the first edition jacket, Fred shows us the “Fire King,” unleashed.
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Alsop,
Susan Mary ,
1984
Harper & Row
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780060152802
The 1815 Congress of Vienna set the stage for every sort of domestic and diplomatic intrigue imaginable. For the jacket of this historical exploration, Fred created a suitable silhouette, reflective of the period and style.
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Appel,
Allen ,
1987
Dell Publishing
First Edition,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780440591160
The main character of this novel is tossed back and forth between present-day New York City and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Fred masterfully juxtaposes the image of Tsar Nicholas and the royal family with one of his signature stark interiors.
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Arlen,
Michael J.,
1984
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374254094
This semi-autobiographic novel by a journalist explores the Oedipal conflicts that abound among sons of famous men, as the hero visits his father on a ranch. Fred’s cover for this first edition slyly hints at the elimination of one of them.
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Arthur,
Elizabeth ,
1988
Doubleday Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780385248440
The novel is patterned on steps in the casting of a spell. One reviewer said it was “....as good-natured in its fashion as one of Shakespeare's merrier comedies—the ones in which the irrational acquire some common sense and the rationalists learn to have a jolly time.”
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Ascher,
Barbara Lazear,
1987
HarperCollins
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780385193917
Time marches on, life is change, all things have their season... whatever small wisdom (or cliché) one applies to this image will aptly reflect the content of this multi-faceted book of essays. And It’s easy to see that Fred was an ardent admirer of Magritte.
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Atwood,
Margaret ,
1986
Houghton Mifflin
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780395404256
This was ranked the #1 book jacket design of the last 25 years in Entertainment Weekly's “25 New Classic Covers.” Nan Talese, the book’s editor, reports that, upon seeing the sketch for the first time, Margaret Atwood gasped, “He read the book!”
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Atwood,
Margaret ,
1989
Doubleday Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780385260077
Margaret Atwood appreciated Fred’s insistence on reading a manuscript before tackling a book jacket. After the success of “A Handmaid’s Tale,” unsurprisingly, she requested that he be selected to create the cover for her next novel’s first edition.
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Axinn,
Donald Everett,
1982
Grove Press
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780394528281
It wasn't often that Fred was invited to design a jacket for a book of poems. In some ways the task was akin to inventing the imagery for record albums, which had been his specialty in earlier years. All he had to work with as a jumping-off point, in both instances, was the title. Here his mastery of airbrush technique served to create a haunting image that encapsulated the subject at hand.
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Babbitt,
Natalie ,
1982
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374329594
In this adult novel, which alternates between the hero’s birth to his death, Herbert Rowbarge has an unknown twin brother. Years after the book’s publication, Fred collaborated with Natalie Babbitt to create the legendary “Ouch” for children.
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Bair,
Deirdre ,
1990
Summit Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671606817
De Beauvoir's extraordinary, long relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre is the focus of this book, which combines literary observations, intellectual and oral history, and feminist theory. Fred often chose a straightforward photographic portrait for biographies such as this one.
Displaying 1–36 of 616 book jackets
Abercrombie, Barbara , 1979
Ackerley, J. R. , 1990
Ackerley, J. R. , 1986
Ackerley, J. R. , 1988
Ackerley, J. R. , 1989
Ackroyd, Peter , 1989
Aczél, Tamás , 1981
Agrippa, Heinrich Cornelius, 1983
Aherne, Brian , 1979
Albery, Nobuko , 1986
Allain, Marcel , 1986
Allain, Marcel , 1987
Allen, Judy , 1977
Alsop, Susan Mary , 1984
Appel, Allen , 1987
Arlen, Michael J., 1984
Arthur, Elizabeth , 1988
Ascher, Barbara Lazear, 1987
Atwood, Margaret , 1986
Atwood, Margaret , 1989
Axinn, Donald Everett, 1982
Babbitt, Natalie , 1982
Bair, Deirdre , 1990
