This doesn’t necessarily diminish the power of encountering a great cover in a bookshop, of course. From different paper textures and finishes, to embossing and die-cuts, even the way that the pages ...
"Celestial Eyes," the name of the painting, is inarguably one of the most recognizable book covers ever created. Fitzgerald took such a fancy to the artwork that he wrote it into the book.
But really, a yellow book cover is about drawing attention. In a sea of books in a bookshop, yellow can attract us like magpies to silver. A book with a yellow cover screams “pick me ...