Front Covers

[Ponder]

Has this been done before?
No author's name, title, editor's name, no text at all.
Just a picture and a book.

 

[Rekrab]

I think I may have seen just a photo, with no words, on a cover, but not on the cover and spine. Is the title and author on the spine?

 

[mjp]

This has no text on the spine. I didn't want text anywhere on the cover, but I was overruled. Even then, I doubt it was a terribly original idea. I'm sure someone has done it. Seems like an obvious ploy for a famous person's book.

 

[roni]

It's funny, the're doing this with Gainsbourg, as I do have another book about Gainsbourg with NO writing on the cover:



This came out in the 80s by Edition Denoel and is primarily a photo-book.


What is the book, you've found here, Ponder?

 

[roni]

[...] not on the cover and spine. [...]

the spine (p.s.) of the book I've mentioned does have the title and press-name: