Displaying 73–108 of 616 book jackets
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Robley Wilson,
1989
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671679194
Fred’s first edition jacket for this collection of short stories summarizes their common thread, what one reviewer called “the heart’s geography, a notoriously treacherous terrain.” Even here, behind his lipstick explosion, Fred couldn’t resist the hint of a Venetian sky.
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Barry Miles,
1989
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671507138
In part thanks to early friendships with renegades like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg occupies an enduring position in American literature. This biography’s New York Times review refers to “...the strange leap Mr. Ginsberg was always making between sanity and madness.”
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Jonathan Franzen,
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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Helen Vendler,
1988
Random House
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780394535203
In 1988, PBS Television aired a highly acclaimed series of programs on American poets, with this hardcover book offered as a companion to the shows. Fred succinctly encapsulated the title’s scope. And included another of his signature airbrushed skies.
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Iris Murdoch,
1988
Viking Press
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780670819126
The broken Staffordshire figurine exactly suits the action presented in this novel, for Fred’s first edition jacket. The story echoes “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” chronicling the misadventures of a sprawling cast of upper-middle-class British sorts.
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Alison Lurie,
1988
Little, Brown and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780316537209
This novel explores the twists and turns as a biographer probes into the life of her subject, a painter. The truth (or truths) tend to belie the writer’s feminist preconceptions. Fred found a way to visually summarize the premise for this first edition's jacket.
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Carl B. Feldbaum,
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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Scott Russell Sanders,
1988
Touchstone Books
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780671660932
The title essay in this collection describes the author’s upbringing at an Army base/arsenal in Ohio. Fred’s visual summary presents a toy soldier stealthily taking aim at a clover flower. The very rough lettering style was a radical, but entirely apt, departure for him.
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Vicki Covington,
1988
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671660550
This novel, set in Alabama, explores the angry gulf between the religious left and the religious right, through the eyes of a spirited young woman. An adoptee, she seeks and finds her birth father, who turns out to be both agnostic and homosexual.
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John L’Heureux,
1988
Viking Press
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780670817528
“Think of Medea, for instance. Even killing seemed better than not living your own life," opines Claire, a classicist and professor of Greek tragedies. Fred’s first edition jacket obliquely suggests neurosis, with the ominous presence of a man’s shadow.
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J. R. Ackerley,
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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Lois Gould,
1988
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780374520854
This is a bizarre fantasy about a mild woman transformed by rage. A former model flees to a remote island after she is raped and embarks on a strange new life. Fred adhered to this asymmetrical format for several paperback reissues of Lois Gould’s novels
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Noel Hynd,
1988
Doubleday Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780385237901
One of the book’s reviewers said: “There was, however, another Giant era, a time when certain giant Giants would speak derisively of lesser teams in lesser boroughs...” For this first edition jacket, Fred portrayed that team and its era.
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Lois Gould,
1988
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780374521080
Her 1970 debut novel “Such Good Friends” received a great deal of attention at the dawn of Women’s LIb. Years later, Fred created jackets for four paperback reissues of Lois Gould’s books, featuring this offbeat, asymmetrical, and apt format.
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Christopher Hudson,
1988
Atheneum Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780689119170
This is a novel by the author of “The Killing Fields.” PW said “ ...it is both a gripping war story and a splendid evocation of the waning glories of British colonialism.” Fred’s tinted photo composite for the first edition jacket succinctly encapsulates the time, place and mood.
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Hilma Wolitzer,
1988
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374264222
As their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary approached, Paulie resolved to leave Howard and finally take control of her life. But then Howard suffered a heart attack. Fred’s image of a tucked-away wedding-cake couple visually summarizes the complications.
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Lois Gould,
1988
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374271541
Fred’s silhouette introduces us to an intriguing cast of characters: a weak boy-king, his neurotic queen, her dwarf, the king's mistress, and a fortune-hunting magician. The action is set in an imaginary European Kingdom during the Renaissance.
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Peter Carey,
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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Alice Hoffman,
1988
G. P. Putnam's Sons
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780399133671
A poignant tale of a loving, resilient New England family fighting to keep their eleven-year-old gifted daughter—stricken with AIDS—in school and to preserve their family bonds in the face of tragedy. Fred’s empty picture frame tells it all.
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Rick Boyer,
1988
Houghton Mifflin
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780395427385
When any whale sounds, the swirl left in the water – its “footprint" – is unique. Whales’ footprints are invoked in this thriller, as the hero’s son is suspected of murdering a friend. For the first edition jacket, Fred managed to incorporate a skull-like cloud.
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Don Metz,
1988
HarperCollins
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780060158781
Before leaving for Vietnam, Harmon Woodard demands to know if the child his wife is carrying is his, or his twin brother’s. For the first edition jacket, Fred delivered a moody landscape enhanced by a shimmering background. Note the elegant use of type, always so crucial in his work.
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Elizabeth Arthur,
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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Deborah Jowitt,
1988
William Morrow and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780688049102
Fred was an avid ballet fan. He was often asked to design jackets for books on the topic, like this history from the Romantic era to the present time. He chose to juxtapose a famous image of Marie Taglioni with another famous image of Martha Graham.
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Lois Gould,
1988
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780374521073
The 1970s brought about Womens’ Lib, and at its forefront were several female authors, among them Lois Gould. Fred created this format, and several jackets, for a series of re-issues. In this one, the heretofore masochistic heroine “discovers herself” through writing.
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William Boyd,
1988
William Morrow and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780688077617
A misunderstood genius tells his own story from his birth in 1899 to his successful career as a Hollywood director. His one great ambition was to make a movie of “The Confessions” of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose own experiences uncannily parallel those of the novel’s hero.
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Chet Flippo,
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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Raymond Carver,
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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Ernest Hemingway,
1988
Collier Books
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780020518204
In 1987, Collier Publishing decided to re-issue a series of classic Ernest Hemingway books, and asked Fred to create their jackets. He designed this format, then chose to use tinted period photos for each. This one was for Hemingway’s second collection of short stories, written in 1933.
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Lois Gould,
1988
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780374521806
Fred’s strangely off-kilter format for this series of Lois Gould re-issues seems to aptly reflect the author’s world-view. In this novel, she uses the legend of Eva, Juan, and Isabel Peron to reveal the ways in which illusion is made to create legend.
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Fred Kaplan,
1988
William Morrow and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780688043414
Drawing on unpublished material brought to light in the 1980s, this portrait of the famous novelist explores the autobiographical significance of his greatest works and gives a frank account of his marriage, and his relationship with his mistress.
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Nicholas Falletta,
1988
D. C. Heath and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780669137361
For this edition, one of several he designed for a series of Heath language textbooks, Fred found another way of presenting books. Personally, he found them delicious, and hoped to impart that same feeling in young readers. Of course, crayons had to be a part of the picture.
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Nicholas Falletta,
1988
D. C. Heath and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780669123838
For this edition of the “Language Arts” series, Fred created a courthouse made of books. Perhaps some young reader might be inspired by the illustration to pursue a career in law. Well, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch. But it was certainly a charming and unexpected array.
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Nicholas Falletta,
1988
D. C. Heath and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780669137354
Fred greatly enjoyed creating covers for this series, published by his good friend Nick Falletta, which endeavored to instill a love of reading in children. This one was “level 1,” thus for the youngest target audience, presenting a garden abloom with a joyous array of books.
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Nicholas Falletta,
1988
D. C. Heath and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780669123807
A swarm of books are attracted to light in this edition of the “Language Arts” series. Or perhaps the books themselves generate ideas. Or “enlightenment.” No matter what the interpretation, Fred’s illustration seems entirely appropriate.
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Nicholas Falletta,
1988
D. C. Heath and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780669123814
Here is another in the Language Arts series, aiming to encourage a love of reading in children. Summer camp might provide an array of fun activities during the day, but what better form of entertainment might present itself at night than to hunker down with a good book?
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Nicholas Falletta,
1988
D. C. Heath and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
0000000000000
TA-DA! Presenting a star-studded cast, the alphabet takes center stage in this edition of the “Language Arts” series. Fred took great pleasure in finding new and surprising settings for books. He hoped that his own love of reading would spread to new generations.
Displaying 73–108 of 616 book jackets
Robley Wilson, 1989
Barry Miles, 1989
Jonathan Franzen, 1988
Helen Vendler, 1988
Iris Murdoch, 1988
Alison Lurie, 1988
Carl B. Feldbaum, 1988
Scott Russell Sanders, 1988
Vicki Covington, 1988
John L’Heureux, 1988
J. R. Ackerley, 1988
Lois Gould, 1988
Noel Hynd, 1988
Lois Gould, 1988
Christopher Hudson, 1988
Hilma Wolitzer, 1988
Lois Gould, 1988
Peter Carey, 1988
Alice Hoffman, 1988
Rick Boyer, 1988
Don Metz, 1988
Elizabeth Arthur, 1988
Deborah Jowitt, 1988
Lois Gould, 1988
William Boyd, 1988
Chet Flippo, 1988
Raymond Carver, 1988
Ernest Hemingway, 1988
Lois Gould, 1988
Fred Kaplan, 1988
Nicholas Falletta, 1988
Nicholas Falletta, 1988
Nicholas Falletta, 1988
Nicholas Falletta, 1988
Nicholas Falletta, 1988
Nicholas Falletta, 1988
