Displaying 73–108 of 616 book jackets
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Bradshaw,
Gillian ,
1980
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671250935
The author, with a penchant for history, sets this book about Gawain in 6th Century Britain, shortly after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire from the islands. For the first edition jacket, Fred presents an appropriately rendered image of her famous hero.
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Braudy,
Leo ,
1986
Oxford University Press
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780195040036
This book spans thousands of years and explores the ever-evolving cultural changes that define the notion of fame. Fred’s first edition jacket reveals Fame as a goddess, her gift a generous bestowal on the chosen few, as the world looks on.
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Breasted,
Mary ,
1983
Harper & Row
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780060150921
This novel introduces us to a young reporter just hired by a very respectable newspaper (sort of the NY Times) whose primary credential is a stint at a counterculture sheet (sort of the Village Voice). Complications ensue, as you might imagine.ntary
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Bridgers,
Sue Ellen ,
1985
HarperCollins
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780060153854
Sara Will lives in an isolated South Carolina home. She grieves over the death of her favorite younger sister and bemoans the fact that her grave rests on an inaccessible tiny island in a manmade lake. Fred’s first edition jacket pursues the thought.
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Brookner,
Anita ,
1990
Pantheon Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780394584461
The author is famous for her Jamesian character studies of women poised on the threshold of life. But in this novel, she portrays of a man torn between the library and the senses. For its first edition jacket, Fred’s portrait seems to capture the title character’s confusion.
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Bruch,
Hilde ,
1979
VIntage Books
First Edition,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780394726885
This is considered to be the classic study on the subject of anorexia nervosa, a little-understood syndrome at the time of its publication. Over the years, this volume has proven to be of great use to patients and doctors alike. Certainly the jacket commission was a change of pace for Fred, but he found a way to gracefully illuminate the subject in one succinct image.
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Burton,
Gabrielle ,
1986
Charles Scribner's Sons
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780684185941
How better to depict the plight of the traditional housewife, trapped in a very tiny doll house? Fred enlisted his wife to pose for this image, causing a bout of back pain that lasted for weeks. But the image, once again, nailed the author’s intention in a concisely wrought illustration.
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Busch,
Frederick ,
1981
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374272463
One reviewer said this novel “...offers tragedy, comedy, insanity, infidelity and comical klutziness, but more than anything else this is a love story and an intense examination of what family means.” Fred’s moody jacket illustration echoes the isolation of the story’s coastal Maine setting.
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Busch,
Frederick ,
1984
David R. Godine Publisher
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780879234935
'Invisible mending'' is the author and narrator’s metaphor for what love can do when applied to the world's sorrows in this half-comic, half-serious meditation on Jewish identity and consciousness. Fred’s first edition jacket illustration can be said to layer metaphor on metaphor.
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Cahill,
Susan ,
1976
Harper & Row
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780060106218
What happens when a smart, spirited young girl is taught that her only path to “goodness” is to either marry young and bear children, or to enter a convent? Fred’s illustration only pretends to be simple.
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Calder-Marshall,
Arthur ,
1978
Harper & Row
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780060106171
One married the Duke of Devonshire in 1775 when she was 17. The other married the same Duke in 1809 at the age of 52, having been his mistress for twenty-five years. Fred captured the book’s time and flavor in his first edition jacket for this fascinating historical narrative.
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Caldwell,
Taylor ,
1978
Doubleday Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780385141710
Sometimes less is more. This novel concerns the travails of a man who, at the age of 55, made a suicide attempt, and is now in a sanitarium where he maintains complete silence. Fred chose to forego any illustration.
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Campbell,
Robert ,
1985
New Science Library
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780877732655
Fishing in the wilderness provides the setting for discussions on science, the rhythms of the universe and the subsequent rhythms of organizations. Heady stuff. Fred managed to offer us an image that seamlessly, and cleverly, ties the title to the notion of insight.
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Carey,
Peter ,
1988
Harper & Row
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780060159085
Before there was a star-studded movie, there was of course a Booker Prize-winning novel. Many editions were published. For this one, Fred depicted a lonely Oscar in his final high-stakes folly—transporting a crystal palace across hostile terrain on a bet.
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Carr,
Terry ,
1977
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780030207167
For a collection of short stories in the science fiction genre, Fred’s all-type cover says it all. Interesting to note that his drop-shadows are sometimes above, below, to the right, and to the left of the letter forms.
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Carver,
Raymond ,
1988
McGraw-Hill
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780070101944
Once again, Fred demonstrated his talent for turning an “all-type” cover into a surprisingly rich, dimensionally engaging wonderment. This was the first short-story collection by Raymond Carver, revolving around themes of segregation and disenchantment.
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Chais,
Pamela ,
1981
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671251963
A notorious and much-disliked Hollywood talent agent is murdered, and the detective assigned to investigate happens to be a former child star, once the victim's client. As always, Fred tried to encapsulate any author's intention in one succinct image.
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Chase,
Joan ,
1989
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374150037
“The evening wolves" of the outside world threaten to devour lost sheep Ruthann and Margy, sisters who, with their stepmother and younger brother, are the narrators of this novel. Fred greatly enlarged an engraving to achieve this startling effect for his first edition jacket.
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Chatwin,
Bruce ,
1977
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780671448578
For the first American edition of this now-classic travelogue, the publisher was eager to highlight six excerpted raves from the British press. Fred never shied away from a design challenge if he found it to be sensible, as was the case here.
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Chatwin,
Bruce ,
1980
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671412531
Francisco Manuel da Silva was a Brazilian from the 1800s who became the most powerful slave trader in West Africa. For this rococo novella’s jacket, Fred’s portrait on a decaying stucco wall seems to capture his brutality through understatement.
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Chesbro,
George C.,
1979
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671246259
This is the third book in The Mongo Series, featuring a detective with a genius IQ, who happens to be a dwarf. As the jacket art implies, the threat of death lurks, but the hero’s gift for examining the occult saves the day.
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Chesbro,
George C.,
1978
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671240035
The second book in the Mongo Series, the brilliant dwarf-detective finds himself in Iran on a desperate mission. The publisher commissioned Fred to do jackets for a number of “Mongos.”
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Chesbro,
George C.,
1977
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671226961
For the first edition jacket of this critically acclaimed novel, Fred presented its hero, former circus headliner, black belt karate expert, renowned criminologist and private detective extraordinaire, who just happens to be a dwarf.
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Chisholm,
Anne ,
1979
Alfred A. Knopf
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780394492001
The jacket blurb says, “The beautiful and rebellious English heiress who in the twenties became a symbol of flaming youth and a bright comet of literary Bohemia...” How could any designer resist the use of her glamorous photo for the book's first edition?
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Clark,
Mary Higgins,
1987
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671634667
Fred had fun creating first edition jackets for a few of these annual “Mystery Writers” anthologies. He consistently managed to find something amusing for their otherwise potentially grim cover images. This one takes its inspiration from the title story, “Murder on the Aisle.”
Displaying 73–108 of 616 book jackets
Bradshaw, Gillian , 1980
Braudy, Leo , 1986
Breasted, Mary , 1983
Bridgers, Sue Ellen , 1985
Brookner, Anita , 1990
Bruch, Hilde , 1979
Burton, Gabrielle , 1986
Busch, Frederick , 1981
Busch, Frederick , 1984
Cahill, Susan , 1976
Calder-Marshall, Arthur , 1978
Caldwell, Taylor , 1978
Campbell, Robert , 1985
Carey, Peter , 1988
Carr, Terry , 1977
Carver, Raymond , 1988
Chais, Pamela , 1981
Chase, Joan , 1989
Chatwin, Bruce , 1977
Chatwin, Bruce , 1980
Chesbro, George C., 1979
Chesbro, George C., 1978
Chesbro, George C., 1977
Chisholm, Anne , 1979
Clark, Mary Higgins, 1987
