Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Order in Space


Order in Space - Keith Critchlow - 1971

Thames and Hudson
Cover designer not credited

Vasulka Lab


V
asulka Lab - Yasmin Baig-Clifford - 2006
VIVID
Designer James Langdon

A Concise History of Modern Music


A Concise History of Modern Music - Paul Griffiths - 1978

Thames and Hudson
Cover image shows Artikulation by Gyorgy Ligeti, extract from aural score by Rainer Wehinger

Aurora 2007


Aurora 2007 - Adam Pugh (Editor) - 2007

Aurora
Artwork Eno Henze. Design Adam Pugh

Lets Look at the Figures


Lets Look at the Figures - D.J. Batholomew and E.E. Bassett - 1971
Pelican
Cover design by Enzo Ragazzini

The Use and Abuse of Statistics


The Use and Abuse of Statistics - W. J. Reichmann - 1966

Pelican
Cover design by Germano Facetti

Radio Astronomy


Radio Astronomy - F. Graham Smith - 1974

Pelican
Cover design by Diagram

Electronic Computers


Electronic Computers - S.H. Hollingdale and G.C. Tootill - 1967
Pelican
Cover Design by Fletcher/Forbes/Gill

A Personal Anthology


A Personal Anthology - Jorge Luis Borges - 1968
Picador
Cover painting: Hundertwasser: The Beard is the grass of the bald headed man

Friday, September 05, 2008

The Common Sense of Science


The Common Sense of Science - J. Bronowski - 1968

Pelican
Cover Design by Bruce Robertson

The Last Resource

The Last Resource - Tony Loftas - 1972
Pelican
Cover Design by Mike Pope

The Biosysnthesis of Macromolecules

The Biosynthesis of Macromolecules - Vernon M. Ingram - 1966
Benjamin
Cover Designer not credited

Food Resources Conventional and Novel

Food Resources Conventional and Novel - N. W Pirie - 1969
Pelican
Cover Design by Bruce Robertson


Atomic Radiation and Life

Atomic Radiation and Life - Peter Alexander - 1965
Pelican
Cover Design by Bruce Robertson

Isotopes

Isotopes - J. L. Putman - 1965
Pelican
The cover shows a heavily screened bench for chemistry with radio isotopes (Radio Chemical Centre, Amersham.)

Mathematical Ideas

Mathematical Ideas: Their Nature and Use - Jagjit Singh - 1972
Radius Books
Cover Design by Ralph Mabey

Monday, July 21, 2008

Maps and Diagrams

Maps and Diagrams - F.J. Monkhouse and H.R. Wilkinson
University Paperbacks / Methuen & Co
Cover designer not credited

Gravity's Rainbow

Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon - 1973
Picador
Cover painting by John Holmes

Exile and the Kingdom

Exile and the Kingdom - Albert Camus - 1958
Vintage
Cover designer not credited

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Untitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization

Untitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization - R Buckminster Fuller - 1962
Simon and Schuster
Cover design by Fred Toller

The Buckminster Fuller Reader

The Buckminster Fuller Reader - Edited by James Meller - 1972
Pelican
Cover design by Alan Spain

Conjunctions and Disjunctions

Conjunctions and Disjunctions - Octavio Paz - 1974
A Richard Seaver Book / The Viking Press
Cover designer not credited

Los Angeles


Los Angeles - Reyner Banham - 1976
Pelican
The cover shows 'A Bigger Splash' by David Hockney. Cover design by Gerald Cinamon

Trouble with Lichen

Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham - 1965
Penguin
Cover design by John Griffiths

A Star Called the Sun

A Star Called the Sun - George Gamow - 1967
Pelican
The cover shows eruptive and quiescent prominences on the sun (photo V-Dia-Verlag, Heidelberg)

Art and its Objects

Art and its Objects - Richard Wollheim - 1970
Pelican
Cover design by John Golding

Geology

Geology - A.J.Smith - 1974
Hamlyn
Cover designer not credited