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“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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Andre Norton’s The Time Traders from 1958.

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Under the Net by Iris Murdoch from 1956.

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Things We Do for Love by Alan Ayckbourn

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The Speed Culture by Lester Grinspoon

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The Dead of Spring by Paul Goodman. Published by the Libertarian Press in 1950.

Cover design by Percival Goodman.

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The Sunken Forest by Zola H. Ross and Lucile McDonald. Published by Weybright and Tally in 1968.

Jacket design by Ellen Raskin

Young adult mystery. The sunken forest resides under Lake Washington in Seattle

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The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey. Published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2010.

Biography of W. Reginald Bray, better known as "The Human Letter."

Cover design by Deb Wood

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The Love Department by William Trevor. Published by Viking Press in 1967.

Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

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In the Balance by M.E. White. Published in 1968 by Harper & Row.

Jacket design by Merle Peek.

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Museum of Accidents by Rachel Zucker. Published by Wave Books, 2009

Book design by Stewart A. Williams

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Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse. First published by Michael Joseph in 1959.

Jacket design by William Belcher.

Basis for the 1963 film starring Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie.  $100

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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Published as part of the Looking Glass Library series by Epstein and Carroll in 1960.

Jacket illustration by Edward Gorey.

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The Old Men At The Zoo by Angus Wilson. First American Edition published by Viking in 1961

Jacket design by Bill English

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Billy Liar by Keith Waterstone. Published by Michael Joseph in 1959.

Jacket design by William Belcher.

Basis for the 1963 film starring Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie.

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The 20 Most Iconic Book Covers Ever according to Flavorwire

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French Edition of Orwell's 1984 Le Livre de Poche - Paris, 1966 Cover : Michel Siméon