OK - but they usually stick with the same typeface - and I still remember
Neil Astley saying WHY he produced books that shape/size - demonstrating -
"because they're easier to push into jiffy bags".
All West House books are *different* to look at - because the texts are
different and require individual treatment. RC
On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Elizabeth James wrote:
> > (no Bloodaxe "corporate imaging" here).
>
> Bit unfair. At least they tend to use the work of living artists on
> their covers. Now Faber, yes, famously.
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> Elizabeth James
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> +44 (0)171 938 8460; fax +44 (0)171 938 8461
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> "to catalogue is not merely to ascertain ... but also to appropriate"
> (R. Barthes)
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