Taking into account the time it takes to season (dry and age) fresh wood and the inscription in the back of the book indicating the date on which the manuscript was completed, the back cover was ...

Not that book covers don't follow trends. In the early 2000s, says Mendelsund, colorful book jackets were all the rage. So much so, in fact, that the first time he designed a white book jacket ...

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international trade, researchers said. Lévêque, et al (2025) Royal Society Open Science At the end of the ninth century, a ...

The year's best covers, as chosen by the art director of The New York Times Book Review. However ornamental book jackets may be, they are also entry points to both the good and bad ideas that ...

The website Book Riot said the cover art for a 1976 paperback edition of “A Wrinkle in Time” was “nightmare fuel.” By Amanda Holpuch.