Displaying 577–612 of 616 book jackets
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Iain Banks,
1984
Houghton Mifflin
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780395362969
In this jarring novel, the main character finds an old clock in a garbage dump, into which he places a wasp. Behind each numeral there’s a trap leading to a means of ritual death. Fred’s choice of a harsh, disjointed graphic serves as a foil for the insect’s plight.
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Charles Maclean,
1982
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671255312
A man kills his beloved retrievers, on a sudden unexplained impulse. With the help of his psychoanalyst, he comes to believe that he has been hypnotized, and begins spewing out data on six previous lives he has lived throughout the last thousand years.
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Graham Swift,
1984
Poseidon Press
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671498634
Although Fred loved to provide clients with his illustrations, if he could find just the right photograph, he extracted his own ego from his jacket submissions. Here, this tinted photo of a river’s sluice in The Fens of East Anglia was too perfect to resist.
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Joseph Olshan,
1989
Doubleday Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780385265058
A seven-year-old boy is the only witness to the drowning of a two-year-old neighbor. He assumes guilt, even though it was an accident. Fred’s first edition jacket subtly depicts the scene without actually doing so. Note the still subtler echoes of the type at both top and bottom.
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J. R. Ackerley,
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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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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Wayne Fields,
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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David Levering Lewis,
1981
VIntage Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780394495729
Tremendous optimism filled the streets of Harlem during the decade and a half following World War I. This account recaptures the excitement of those times, displaying the hope that black Americans could create important art, and compel the nation to recognize their equality.
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Stratis Haviaras,
1979
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671247546
The landscape in this small Greek town has no trees and water, “only an illusion of trees and water.” In this presumably autobiographical and poetic novel set in a small Greek town during the German occupation, a boy is left with his Grandmother when his parents disappear and are presumed dead.
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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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D. M. Thomas,
1980
Viking Press
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780670762927
For the first edition of this phantasmagorical novel, Fred broke one of his own rules: “I avoid simply depicting a specific scene....” Well, this image is taken from the text, however it depicted an analysand’s dream-life, thus evidently seemed within his bounds.
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Charles Dickinson,
1989
William Morrow and Company
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780688089245
For the novel’s first edition jacket, Fred nailed the exact visual metaphor. This is the story of two elderly widowed sisters who resolve to embark on an adventure, leaving their cozy home in Chicago for LA. One is blind, but she’s the only one who knows how to drive.
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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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Claude Manceron,
1989
Simon & Schuster
Reissue,
Paperback
ISBN:
9780671680190
Fred created covers using tinted engravings for all five books in this series about the French Revolution. This is volume two, which introduces us to Louis XVI, Mirabeau, George Washington, Mozart, and an 18-year-old lieutenant name Napoleon de Buonaparte.
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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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Blanche D’Alpuget,
1986
Simon & Schuster
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780671498085
“It is no news that the Middle East as a whole, and Israel in particular, are afflicted by perpetual tension and hostilities. What is less known, trickier to write about, are the internal debates that have gone on for at least 3,750 years,” according to the NY Times in its review of this novel.
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Mark Helprin,
1983
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780151972036
This image of Pegasus over a mythical and very cold New York City encapsulated the author’s millennial fantasy. Fred used a combination of aerial photography and skillful airbrushing to achieve an evocative and memorable effect.
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Hilma Wolitzer,
1984
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780374384562
On the rare occasions where it was possible, Fred liked to incorporate a book’s title within an image, as is the case here. This novel for young readers was about a 13-year-old boy who goes to live with his grandfather in Florida.
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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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Toby Olson,
1986
Random House
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780394547152
This is the bizarre adventure of a man, in love with a gentle prostitute, who meets sadistic porn filmmakers exploiting a pair of rare miniature horses and saves the injured mare. Fred’s first edition jacket tangentially reflects the story’s strange twists.
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Thomas Coraghessan Boyle,
1990
Penguin Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780670814893
This is a complex, layered, novel about three families in the Hudson Valley. Fred loved to poke holes in reality and did so on many occasions. And he could never resist a sky. Note the shadows cast by the title, another persistent element in his visual vocabulary.
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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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William T. Vollman,
1987
Atheneum Books
First Edition,
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780233980225
“The electric and insect wars unfold through comic episodes depicting the confrontations of reactionaries, revolutionaries and bugs,” wrote the NY Times about this author’s debut novel. For its first edition, Fred visually captured the whole, complicated epic.
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Displaying 577–612 of 616 book jackets
Iain Banks, 1984
Charles Maclean, 1982
Graham Swift, 1984
Joseph Olshan, 1989
J. R. Ackerley, 1989
Rick Boyer, 1988
Wayne Fields, 1990
David Levering Lewis, 1981
Stratis Haviaras, 1979
Christopher Hudson, 1988
D. M. Thomas, 1980
Charles Dickinson, 1989
Raymond Carver, 1988
Claude Manceron, 1989
Ernest Hemingway, 1988
Blanche D’Alpuget, 1986
Mark Helprin, 1983
Hilma Wolitzer, 1984
John L’Heureux, 1988
Toby Olson, 1986
Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, 1990
Chet Flippo, 1988
William T. Vollman, 1987
