Book Jackets: All (by author)
Displaying 181–216 of 616 book jackets
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Farrell, Suzanne , 1990
Summit Books
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671682224
By 1990, Fred’s attentions had turned to children’s books. But on occasion, he couldn’t resist taking a publisher’s request for a jacket design, as was the case here. He was an avid ballet fan, and great admirer of Suzanne Farrell in particular, so this contribution was a pleasure to him.
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Fast, Jonathan , 1981
Random House
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394515298
“In every woman’s dreams, there is a beast,” proclaims the first edition jacket. The heroine is a starlet whose beloved manager disappears in the Mojave Desert. Her search for him leads to a reclusive mad genius with a face so disfigured that he must wear a mask in public.
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Feldbaum, Carl B. , 1988
HarperCollins
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780060204143
J. Robert Oppenheimer warned that ”until we have looked this tiger in the eye, we shall be in the worst of all possible dangers, which is that we may back into him.“ He referred to the threat of nuclear war, the subject of this riveting history.
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Fields, Wayne , 1990
Simon & Schuster
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671707828
In “midstream,” at the age of forty-two, the author waded for twenty miles along a small river in northern Michigan, with his fly rod in hand. He emerged with a meditative memoir on many subjects, including families, aging, and the many things those we care about bring into our lives.
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Findley, Timothy , 1981
Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780440024774
Once again, Fred chose to depict a visual metaphor for the title of this novel about the last days of World War II, as a frozen corpse is discovered in an Alps prison, with desperate and revealing scrawls on all of the walls and ceilings.
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Flippo, Chet , 1988
Doubleday Books
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385234825
The title tells it all. And what more appropriate image could Fred have chosen for the first edition jacket than this vibrant tinted photograph of a youthful, sunny and most handsome Beatle? (Or is this debatable?)
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Forbes, Malcolm , 1989
Ballantine Books
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671657093
This one-of-a-kind dictionary assembled anecdotes about the final exits of 175 famous people, from Attila the Hun to John Jacob Astor IV, covering over 3,000 years. Fred’s monumental image evokes the pathos, as well as the wit, contained in the book.
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Fox, George , 1978
Simon & Schuster
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671226817
Ever since World War II ended, a gigantic Japanese named Kurusu, has been terrorizing the Philippine jungles, thinking he is keeping the Emperor's honor alive. Fred’s first edition jacket, once again, nailed the premise while offering this poster-esque attention-grabber.
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Francis, Richard H., 1980
Pantheon Books
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394509907
A thriller, it’s a bizarre and horrifying journey about the insane and somehow consistent logic of a mass murderer. Fred’s signature star-studded sky is a serene foil for the monster’s strange portrait. Where did that title typeface come from?
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Franzen, Jonathan , 1988
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374279721
“My tendency is to work all over the place, to do everything at once,” Fred told an interviewer. His collagist-instincts helped to visually capture the complexity of this author’s first novel about the social intersections within a fictionalized St. Louis.
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Frazier, Ian , 1987
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374223106
This is a charming collection of five essays from the New Yorker which appeared from 1978 to 1986. Fred chose to encapsulate each one with a small illustration. Interesting to note that the backgrounds form a sort of rainbow, adding up to one of his signature Venetian skies.
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Freely, Maureen , 1985
Simon & Schuster
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671506148
The title character in this novel is a wild, drunken American professor, the life of the expatriate/campus party, at a prestigious Turkish university in the 1950s. His madcap capers end in a serious reality check, as Fred’s drowning tail-fins suggest.
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French, Michael , 1979
Doubleday Books
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385143349
In this novel, Abingdon's is the most glamorous and successful department store in New York (think Bloomingdale's). This novel explores the political machinations within this fantasy palace for the super-rich and the hyper-chic. The trendy shopping bag on Fred's first edition jacket says it all.
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Furman, Laura , 1986
Summit Books
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671497545
A wispy face hovers in the sky for this book’s first edition jacket. The novel presents Sadie Ash, a woman who marries the man she loves, only to be deserted by him, then installed with their two daughters in his family’s Tuxedo Park mansion.
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Garafola, Lynn , 1989
Oxford University Press
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780195057010
As an avid ballet-goer, Fred was always delighted to provide jackets for any book related to the topic. This one, though, was particularly enjoyable to design. What could be more inspiring than the 1920s sophistication of Diaghilev’s art-filled world?
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Gardner, John , 1978
Doubleday Books
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 780385124621
World War Two scattered wreckage all over Europe, including the title airplane. One wonders how Fred was able to find this shot, and how he managed to wrap the plane’s name so convincingly before the 3D digital art make the task simpler.
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Geller, Stephen , 1979
Harper & Row
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780060114930
A reviewer described this novel as one about “parapsychologist espionage.” Gad works for British Intelligence, headed by a witch. Since he possesses ESP, his powers are of great use to the agency. Fred’s ominous ball in the sky containing the book’s title foreshadows what the reader might encounter within its pages.
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Gethers, Peter , 1987
Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385295239
Growing up in the 1950s, the hero believed he was destined for baseball greatness. During the next two decades as a much-traded .260 hitter, he came to realize that he was not the best. Once again Fred nailed the thought, with his image of that unreachable moon/baseball.
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Gilmore, Christopher Cook, 1978
Simon & Schuster
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671242916
“It’s hard to describe my way of working, as it’s pretty chaotic. I used to think collage should be my medium because I always seem to be assembling bits and pieces.” Here Fred indulged his affection for pastiche, using images from postcards and snapshots.
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Gilmour, H. B. , 1983
Newmarket Press
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780937858134
When their divorced mother dies, two children are forced to leave their Vermont country home to live with their father, a freewheeling high-fashion photographer who deserted the family long ago. For the novel’s first edition jacket, Fred’s found the visual translation.
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Gilson, Jamie , 1980
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780688419608
As Fred’s artful jacket illustration suggests, this is an inspiring book about a six-grader who has dyslexia. He worries about how he’ll be received in his new school. Fortunately, his teachers recognize his talent for mathematics.
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Gladden, Lee , 1978
Rawson, Wade Publishers
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780892560714
Biblical cherubim were actually robots; UFOs are spacecraft manned by fallen Celestials from the Bermuda triangle; Adam and Eve were actually-super beings created by heavenly surgery. Star Wars fans might enjoy this space age interpretation of the bible. Others might be a bit horrified. Fred’s cover art just stands back and lets the viewer wonder about it all.
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Glasser, Ronald J., 1985
Simon & Schuster
First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671507671
This novel is about two soldiers who, in spite of everything, become fast friends. The author, a physician, was drafted into the army at the height of the Vietnam War. Fred’s straightforward airbrushed image reflects the work’s simple eloquence.
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