#paperback books

[thefugitivesaint]

Mitchell Hilary Hooks (1923-2013), ''The Big Eye'' by Max Ehrlich, Bantam Books, 1958 The bottom half of the cover after a slight touch up and after I removed the Bantam logo.

[toomuchhorrorfiction]

Early 1970s UK paperbacks by HP Lovecraft with cover art by Ian Miller

[godzilla-reads]

I am pretty meticulous about keeping my books in good condition, but there’s something about finding a beat up book with a cracked spine and maybe the dust cover is a little torn that makes me feel such love and care and appreciation. You were loved and I will continue to love you.

[uncoveredbooks]

Welcome!

You're standing in cove decorated with books on all three sides, from floor to ceiling the shelves are full of books waiting for the eager dreamer reader to pick them up.

Some books only have one available option, and that's perfectly fine; however, sometimes there is a choice to be made. Do you get the paperback version or the hardcover version. The factor of cost can make this an easy question to answer as paperback tends to be cheaper. The factor of durability can also aid in choosing the hardcover version as the pages are usually more protected against unwanted folding.

For someone like me, I am in the middle. Usually the appearance of a book can sway me to spend a little more on the hardcover, or the pretty sprayed edges featured on some paperbacks will take hold. Because of this, I am often grabbing a hardcover book and removing the dust jacket to see what design lies beneath it. If I am met with simple foiled lettering on the spine, I am likely to choose the paperback version (or whichever one has sprayed edges because I love a good sprayed edge).

That is where this blog comes into play.

I will be starting with hardcover books I currently own (or purchase) and will showcase what the books look like behind the dust jackets.

I will accept requests if there is a book you would like to see as I make frequent trips to bookstores.

--- UncoveredBooks

[ineffableintroverts]

Look what’s just arrived !!! It’s soooo pretty and shiny and I’m so excited to reread it 🥰

@danielhowell

[sweetsavageflame]

This is one of my favorite Robert McGinnis romance covers he created for Johanna Lindsey. The original American title is A Gentle Feuding, but that Avon edition cut off the best part.

The Spanish-language version didn't, as we can see so cheekily.

sweetsavageflame.com

[macrolit]

The Glass Blowers Daphne Du Maurier

This is 1 of 12 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaw@y.

[peaceandnature]

huge fan of the smell of those paperback books printed in the ‘80s and ‘90s with slightly brown pages. 💛💛

[monkeyssalad-blog]

1966 Double Up Vintage Sleaze Paperback Book by Vinnie DeVille Via Flickr: Vintage 1966 Sleaze Paperback Book - Double Up with cover art by the great Bill Alexander. When I was taking art classes in high school in the late 1960s I actually had a copy of this paperback and was intrigued by this cover. I couldn’t believe how lucky these two guys on the cover were, and what was going to happen. I may have even tried to read the book, but I can’t remember. After all, these books were all about the covers. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!

[butchmariuspontmercy]

physical media save me…. physical media…. save me physical media

[thefugitivesaint]

Gianluigi ''Didi'' Coppola (1928-2015), ''Wonderful Clouds'' by Françoise Sagan, 1965

[toomuchhorrorfiction]

Paperback covers by British artist John Holmes (1935-2011)

[godzilla-reads]

Save me, vintage horror paperbacks.

[arconinternet]

Naked Came the Robot (Book, Barry B. Longyear, 1988)

You can borrow it digitally here.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

DAMN, SON, IS IT TOO SOON TO POST THIS? A DEDICATION TO DOMESTIC CURRENT EVENTS.

PIC(S) INFO: Resolution at 1735x2851 -- Mega spotlight on front & back cover art to "Burning MAD" by "MAD" magazine, original paperback, first edition published by Signet in October 1968.

Source: www.biblio.com/book/burning-mad-mad-magazine/d/1463001310.

[444-shawty]

Just finished this book during a buddy read and ooowweeeeeee it was so damn good!!