Friday, August 07, 2009

Superstudio

Superstudio - Peter Lang and William Menking - 2003
Skira

Design by Stefano Tosi. Cover shows "The Continuous Monument, New York"

Linear Equations

Linear Equations - Edited by W. Lederman - 1967
Routledge and Kegan Paul

Cover designer not credited

Systems Thinking

Systems Thinking - Editor F.E. Emery - 1972
Penguin
Cover Designed by Omnific/Martin Causer

Facts from Figures

Facts from Figures - M.J. Moroney - 1971
Pelican

Cover Designed by Mike Pope (photograph by Peter Williams)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss - Tord Hall - 1970
MIT Press
Cover Designed by Bernie LaCasse

Basic Electricity

Basic Electricity - W.M. Gibson - 1969
Penguin
Cover Designed by Cummings Lock and Peterson

Organophosphorus Chemistry

Organophosphorus Chemistry - B.J. Walker - 1972
Penguin
Cover designed by Lock/Pettersen Ltd

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space


A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space - Margaret Wertheim - 2007
The Institute for Figuring
Cover designer not credited

Order and Chaos


Order and Chaos - Stanley W Angrist and Loren G Hepler - 1973
Pelican
Cover designer not credited

Corporate Strategy


Corporate Strategy - H Igor Ansoff - 1968
Pelican
Cover design by Don Mason

Knowledge and Belief


Knowledge and Belief - A. Philips Griffiths - 1976
Oxford University Press
Cover designer not credited

Public Enterprise


Public Enterprise - R Turvey - 1971
Penguin
Cover design by B. E. Rockett

A UK Geographic Information System


A UK Geographic Information System - J.A.T. Young - 1986
The Remote Sensing Society
Cover designer not credited

Shell Nature Lovers' Atlas


Shell Nature Lovers' Guide - James Fisher - 1966
Edbury Press and Michael Joseph
Design by George Rainbird Limited

Das Buch der Expo

Das Buch der Expo - Hallwag Bern and Payot Lausanne - 1964
Hallwag/Payot
Cover designer not credited

An Introduciton to Matrices


An Introduction to Matrices - A.E. Coulson - 1967
Longmans
Cover designer not credited

An Introduction to Vectors


An Introduction to Vectors - A.E. Coulson - 1968
Longmans
Cover designer not credited

Vibrations and Waves


Vibrations and Waves - Norman Feather - 1964
Pelican
Cover Photograph by the National Physical Laboratory

Politics in the USA


Politics in the USA - M.J.C. Vile - 1973
Pelican
Cover design by Diagram

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Order in Space

Order in Space - Keith Critchlow - 1971
Thames and Hudson
Cover designer not credited

Vasulka Lab

Vasulka 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

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Operations Research

Operations Research - Jagjit Singh - 1971
Pelican
Cover design by Germano Facetti

The Way of Transcendence

The Way of Trancendence - Alistair Kee - 1971
Pelican
Cover design by Lis Sutton

The Anatomy of Judgement

The Anatomy of Judgement - M. L. Johnson Abercombie - 1969
Pelican
Cover design by Patrick McCreeth

The Pill on Trial

The Pill on Trial - Paul Vaughan - 1972
Pelican
Cover Design by Patrick McCreeth

Sense and Nonsense in Psychology

Sense and Nonsense in Psychology - H. J. Eyesnck - 1966
Pelican
Cover Design by Michael Kitson

Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions

Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions - Martin Gardner - 1971
Pelican
Cover Design by Frederick Price

Seven Types Of Ambiguity


Seven Types of Ambiguity - William Empson - 1973
Pelican
Cover Design by Germano Facetti

The Psychology of Learning Mathematics


The Psychology of Learning Mathematics - Richard R Skemp - 1971
Pelican
Cover design by Mike Pope

Politics and Social Science


Politics and Social Science - W. J. M. Mackenzie - 1969
Pelican
Cover design by Keith Potts