![]() ![]() Above shown is a second printing dated 1983 in Dutch, the first appeared in 1973. The book covers of these softcover editions follow a well designed approach. The back cover is easy to read and contains a photograph from the Orwell Archives.Ī different design approach is applied by the Dutch Publisher Meulenhoff in the Netherlands to several editions of Orwell’s books. ![]() The book cover design is by Kees Kelfkens, and although it uses a similar brown background it creates much more excitement with the large somewhat faded on purpose black letters. It is a Dutch softcover edition published by the Arbeiderspers in 1971. So lets compare the visual impact on the above cover with the one shown below. Of course, these are purely my observations from a discerning eye’s viewpoint. We are just looking at the design of the book cover in this post not the book content. ![]() ![]() The cover designer(s) listed as “Format”, is (are) not known to me. This British hardbound 1974 edition was printed in Finland. Who has not read George Orwell’s most famous book Nineteen Eighty-Four? This book title is continuously in print! The above shown book cover is, in my opinion, a rather stodgily designed one though. ![]()
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