December 6, 2009

Baba-Jaga Gubi Trop - Crime Novel Covers from Poland

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13 comments:

  1. Your diligence in collecting these is appreciated. The one-legged man with the rainbow erupting from his chest is an emo album cover if ever there was one.

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  2. Once again a great collection. Thank you.

    Is the VonMurr link supposed to take me to pinknotdead?

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  3. Thanks folks.

    pinknotdead is VonMurr's site. His real name is Maurycy Gomulicki, but I call him VonMurr because of his flickr site:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/vonmurr/

    He added details about the covers in the comments of the flickr pages. I'll add them here tonight.

    Will

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  4. Absolutely fantastic blog!

    I've been browsing your blog for the past 2 hours...definitely inspiring...

    R.

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  5. Brilliant stuff and great hunting. Reminds me of some of the Polish posters for American movies like the Western "Shane." Seems to be a naturally iconographic tradition.

    Keep up the good work!

    Scott, www.TheMisreadCity.com

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  6. I somehow didn't notice that the last image is of Pendragon Legend by the Hungarian Antal Szerb. I read that book! (Loved it, though it seems to really divide readers, and you should probably start with Journey By Moonlight anyway.)

    Will

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  7. Wonderful collection. Love the second one down especially.

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  8. A great blog site - I'm so lucky to have fallen upon it so soon after starting one. You have an amazing range! I have mentioned your blog and included it in my list!

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  9. This is a treasure trove of amazing design. Poland really had some wicked designers.

    I've been looking at old vintage crime paperback covers, but mostly american, 40s 50s stuff.

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  10. Thanks so much for this!
    Im currently doing a project on book jackets for crime novels and these are such great inspiration!
    Love your blog!

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  11. Book by Jonathan Stagge is not polish, but german.

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