July 26, 2009

Cocktaildags - vintage Swedish book covers

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6 comments:

  1. Brilliant designs... I really want to see your bookcase(s)... do you have a picture hiding somewhere on this blog?

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  2. These of course belong to P-E of Martin Klasch, but my own collection is growing out of control.

    I was thinking of taking pictures of the stacks on the floor by the scanner and of the "blog" bookcase -- all books I want to feature here although it could take me thirty years.

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  3. Did you notice a lot of these covers highlight the dark/violent themes of the books? Then again they aren't the cheeriest books I 'spose. Reminds me of the joke about Volvos in Sweden coming with a pipe to connect the exhaust to the driver's window as standard.

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  4. I'll take some of the blame this time. P-E's collection includes (equally awesome) perfectly cheerful covers, but I was tempted to buy a Swedish Volvo yesterday.

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  5. Oooh, very VERY curious to see what's in the stack!

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  6. Will,
    I'm really glad you like the covers and please do buy yourself a Volvo, they need any support they can get these days ;)

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