The Digital Public Library of America amplifies the value of libraries as Americans’ most trusted sources of shared knowledge. They do this by proactively collaborating with partners in the field to accelerate innovative tools and ideas that empower and equip libraries to broaden digital access to information. Recovering The Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original book covers for some of the greatest works in the public domain, where anyone can contribute.
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Artist StatementThis design was inspired by tapestries from the Middle East, where these stories were collected. The patterns are meant to evoke the imagery from the books, with wispy smoke...
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Artist Statement"I wanted to hint at the decaying decadence and feeling anonymous and uprooted. Sitting on a standing horse is generally a brief silence before moving. I also believe the...
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Artist Statement"one not of a set" - Nick Fairbankdesigner, photographer, husband, dad .. not necessarily in that order .. northern hemisphere
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Artist Statement"one of a series" - Nick Fairbankdesigner, photographer, husband, dad .. not necessarily in that order .. northern hemisphere
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Artist Statement"I chose to use this piece to highlight the haunting pain that still lingers in the communities of those who descended from the enslaved. " - Gemynii E. Gemynii...
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Artist Statement"Siddhartha is a stirring but simple novel, and this cover is an attempt to evoke those same feelings. " - Kenny WhitebloomKenny is a project manager and amateur designer...
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Recovering the Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original covers for 50 of the greatest works of fiction in the public domain. All Recovering The Classics images are licensed under...
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Recovering the Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original covers for 50 of the greatest works of fiction in the public domain. All Recovering The Classics images are licensed under...
$ 7.99
Artist Statement""And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better."" - Ed GaitherI’m an award-winning designer, developer, and educator living and working in the High Country...
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Artist Statement""It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it."" - Ed GaitherI’m an award-winning...
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Artist Statement "When I was a kid we would grab our poles and ride our bikes to the creek. All day long it was like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer....
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Artist Statement"Gulliver looking up at a Brobdingnagian... or a Lilliputian looking up at Gulliver?" - Naomi SlomanI am an illustrator from Brighton, England. I make playful illustrations based on everyday...
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Artist Statement"Turn into the jungle with your familiar friends. " - Jeff WaltersAmerican artist and illustrator, (1981) Jeff Walters applies his practice of graphic design, art direction and visual art...
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Artist StatementI wanted to create a cover of king Arthur that was revamping the classic king Arthur tale through redesigning a cover that would engage new readers. I like the...
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Artist Statement( please leave blank -- self-explanatory ) — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementMadeleines never forget. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementHook, Line, and Tinker Bell — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementA spoonful of gruel makes the misery go down. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementTake a bow. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementInspired by King Solomon's death mask. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementInspired by this quote from the book, 'I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart!' — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementThe 9 Life Savers of Hell — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementAn abstraction of windows from the house where three families' lives intersect. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementThis cover is part of a series using silhouettes as a main theme. I chose to use silhouettes as a uniting theme because of their historical use in posters,...
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Artist StatementThis cover is part of a series using silhouettes as a main theme. I chose to use silhouettes as a uniting theme because of their historical use in posters,...
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Artist StatementThis cover is part of a series using silhouettes as a main theme. I chose to use silhouettes as a uniting theme because of their historical use in posters,...
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Artist StatementThe design uses common wayfinding imagery (with one significant modification) to illustrate the essence of the story. — Jeff Shea
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Artist StatementThe guillotine serves to represent the hostility and terror of the French Revolution. — Jennifer Davis
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Artist StatementI made this cover with the idea of doing something nobody has seen before in mind. — Elizabeth Blanke
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Artist StatementI have created a book cover for "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, Using the concept of the Nine Circles of hell for the design. — Kenneth Pelletier
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Artist StatementAs a project for my graphic design class, I recreated the cover of one of my favorite books from high school. I used photoshop and illustrator to display the...
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Artist StatementAs a project for my graphic design class, I recreated the cover of one of my favorite books from high school. I used photoshop and illustrator to display the...
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Artist StatementThe illustration alludes to a key scene in the book involving Agnes and baby birds. — Robert Wallman
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Artist StatementThis book cover for Peter Pan is very simple. The dark blue background is meant to represent space. There are two stars in the upper right hand corner, the...
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Artist StatementI designed a book cover that represents Poe as a human and an author. I wanted to create a cover that was as abstract as the workings of Poe's...
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Artist Statement"\"So it came to pass that as he trudged from the place of blood and wrath his soul changed.\"" - Ed GaitherEd Gaither\'s an award-winning designer, developer, and educator...