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Off Limits, Book Cover
By Jerome Rozen
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1951 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 23.00" x 15.75" Signature: Signed Lower Left Book
Category

1950s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"War Clouds" Book Cover
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Indian Series, "War Clouds" Book Cover, written by Donald Clayton Porter
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Fallen Timbers" Book Cover
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Special Edition, "Fallen Timber's Book Cover, by Donald Clayton Porter
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Company K - Book Cover
By Clark Hulings
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Book cover for "Company K" by William March
Category

1950s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

"Wolf Mountain Moon" Book Cover
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Moon" Book Cover, by Terry C. Johnston
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Only the Gallant" Book Cover
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Galant" Book Cover,The Metal: Book Three, by Kerry Newcomb
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"A Lady's Gambit" Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
(October 1, 1992) Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since
Category

1990s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Something New, Something Old- Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Hall Book Cover
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Horses, Honor, and Women" Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Book Cover American Artist (20th Century)
Category

1970s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Board, Gouache

"Tackett and the Indian" Book Cover
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
the Indian" Book Cover, by Lyn Nofziger
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Lay the Mountains Low" Book Cover
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Mountains Low" Book Cover, by Terry C. Johnston
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

One Boy Too Many, Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Canby Hall Book Cover, written by Emily Chase
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Board, Acrylic

Belle de Jour: press book cover
Located in London, GB
Original French press book cover for the Classic 1967 French new wave film starring Catherine
Category

1960s French Retro Book Covers

Belle de Jour: press book cover
Belle de Jour: press book cover
H 12 in W 19 in D 0.1 in
Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Unsigned
Category

1980s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Book Cover
H 1 in W 1 in
The Ghost of Canby Hall, Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Canby Hall, The Chost of Canby Hall Book Cover, by Emily Chase
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Cahier de Georges Braque 1916-1947, Framed Book Cover
By Georges Braque
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage book cover from Cahier de Georges Braque 1916-1947, France, 1948. Vibrant blue and white
Category

Mid-20th Century French Retro Book Covers

Materials

Plexiglass, Paper, Oak

Vintage 1989 Barbie Mattel Original Pink Paper Book Covers NOS - Many Available
By Mattel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 1989 Barbie Mattel Original Pink Paper Book Covers NOS - Many Available. Item features new
Category

1980s Mid-Century Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Kennedy, Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover -- Jackie and Caroline on the beach in Hyannis Port, 1959. This
Category

1950s Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Giclée

Kennedy, Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover -- Jackie and Caroline on the beach in Hyannis Port, 1959. This
Category

1950s Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Giclée

Kennedy, Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover -- Jackie and Caroline on the beach in Hyannis Port, 1959. This
Category

1950s Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Giclée

"Guns of Liberty" Book Cover
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Liberty" Cover by Kerry Newcomb
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Bonnie B. Paint Book Cover
By Elizabeth Voss
Located in Miami, FL
Children's Art and Children's Illustration Published by Merrill Company Publishers, Cover Art, Work is
Category

1950s Impressionist Retro Book Covers

Materials

Gouache

Friends Times Three, Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 16.5" x 19.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Ronald Searle Painting for 'Modern Types' Book Cover
By Ronald William Searle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Ronald Searle painting for 'Modern Types' book cover Medium: Watercolor and Ink Size Without Frame
Category

Mid-20th Century English Retro Book Covers

A Woman's Place, Book Cover Illustration
By John Barkley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed on Verso Cover illustration for A Woman's Place by Marita Golden (New York: Ballantine
Category

1980s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Mixed Media

"Crack in the Sky" Book Cover
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 11.50" x 33.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Ride the Red Earth, Book Cover Illustration
By Harry Schaare
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: 1958 Medium: Gouache on Tempera on Board Dimensions: 17.00" x 15.50" Signature: Signed and Inscribed Lower Right This illustration was published as the dust jacket for the h...
Category

1950s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Tempera, Gouache, Board

Two Men on Horseback, Probable Book Cover
By George Gross
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 21.38" x 15.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

"Julius Caesar" original art for Penguin book cover
By Milton Glaser
Located in Miami, FL
An uncanny and unexpected pose characterizes this work as Julius Ceasar warily looks over his shoulder and blood-stained toga. Signed lower right "M. Glaser" Exhibited: Milton Glase...
Category

1980s Contemporary Retro Book Covers

Materials

Pencil, Paper, Watercolor

Children's Book Cover - Mid-Century Blond Girl - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
work was for the front cover. Briggs Bradley also did interior illustrations, and we have them as well
Category

1950s Academic Retro Book Covers

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil

Some Los Angeles Apartments, from the Book Covers series
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on white Arches paper, torn and deckle edges
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Retro Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Sexy French Cabaret Dancers - Folies Bergere Pulp Paperback Book Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Campy and sexy illustration of two French chorus girls for the mid-century Avon paperback Les Girls. Story of the Folies Bergere Unsigned and unframed. George Ziel was a prolific il...
Category

1950s Impressionist Retro Book Covers

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Four is a Crowd, Girls of Canby Hall Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Girls of Canby Hall Series by Emily Chase, published by Scholastic (1984–1989), is a collection of young adult novels, based around the lives of a group of students at a New Engl...
Category

1980s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

Ponies and Puppies Trotty And Trix Coloring Book, Cover Art
Located in Miami, FL
Children's illustration of Ponies and Puppies Signed lower left Children’s Books Published by The Merrill Company
Category

1950s Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Gouache

Here Come the Boys, The Girls of Canby Hall Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right The Girls of Canby Hall Series by Emily Chase, published by Scholastic (1984–1989), is a collection of young adult novels, based around the lives of a ...
Category

1980s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

Kennedy, John with Jackie in PInk, Yellow Room, RAP Book Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Cover Reel Art Kennedy Book nb_115d -- A portrait of Jackie and JFK. Image size is 16" x 16" (for
Category

1950s Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Giclée

Kennedy, John with Jackie in PInk, Yellow Room, RAP Book Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Cover Reel Art Kennedy Book nb_115d -- A portrait of Jackie and JFK. Image size is 22" x 22" (for
Category

1950s Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Giclée

Kennedy, John with Jackie in PInk, Yellow Room, RAP Book Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Cover Reel Art Kennedy Book nb_115d -- A portrait of Jackie and JFK. Image size is 10" x 10" (for
Category

1950s Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Giclée

You're No Friend of Mine, Girls of Canby Hall Book Cover
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left The Girls of Canby Hall Series by Emily Chase, published by Scholastic (1984–1989), is a collection of young adult novels, based around the lives of a group of stu...
Category

1980s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

Sword and Scalpel, Paperback Cover
By Robert Maguire
Located in Fort Washington, PA
'Sword and Scalpel" Book Cover
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

The Big Sleep, Paperback Cover
By Richard Waldrep
Located in Fort Washington, PA
book cover art for 'The Big Sleep' by Raymond Chandler, published by Vintage Books (#V-136), 1976
Category

1970s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Watercolor

Lover Boy, Paperback Cover
By George Gross
Located in Fort Washington, PA
-sized paperback book cover for Lover Boy (previously published as Sacrifice) by Harmon Bellamy
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"The Indian Sun"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 16.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Book cover
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

"Nude Woman with 2 Men"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
book cover. Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since the
Category

1970s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Love in Tandem"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Harlequin book cover Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since
Category

1980s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Tryst
By Morgan Weistling
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Book Cover 'The Tryst' written by Grace
Category

1990s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil

The Old Couple
By Joseph Csatari
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 21.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Book cover, The
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Letters to a Lady"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Harlequin Signed lower right. Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book
Category

1990s Romantic Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Finding of Jasper Holt
By Morgan Weistling
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Board Signature: Signed Book Cover for 'The Finding of Jasper Holt' Written by
Category

1990s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Buffalo Palace"
By Louis S. Glanzman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
" Book Cover by Terry C Johnston
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"A Tall Dark Stranger"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
book cover illustrator since the 1970s.
Category

1990s Romantic Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A ray of light in the forest - Surreal Man in Surreal Landscape
By Hector Garrido
Located in Miami, FL
Hector Garrido is an American book cover illustrator. He illustrated numerous science fiction
Category

1970s American Realist Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic

A ray of light in the forest - Solitary Man Surreal Landscape
By Hector Garrido
Located in Miami, FL
Hector Garrido is an American book cover illustrator. He illustrated numerous science fiction
Category

1970s American Realist Retro Book Covers

Materials

Acrylic

BetBoop, Popeye et Cie, L'Histoire des Fleischer
By Leslie Cabarga
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Lower Right Betty Boop, Popeye et Cie, L'Histoire des Fleischer, book cover, 1980 This illustration
Category

1980s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Mixed Media

"Tomorrow's Destiny"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since the 1970s.
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Oil, Board

"That Scandulous Heiness"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since the 1970s.
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Matching Ghost"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since the 1970s.
Category

1990s Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lady Scoundrel
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since the 1970s.
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Couverture Mourlot IV
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Wien, 9
- dated in the plate: 4.2.63 - original lithograph as book cover of the monograph "Picasso
Category

1960s Modern Retro Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

"The Summer Picnic"
By Robert Berran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since the 1970s.
Category

Late 20th Century Retro Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Retro Book Covers For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of retro book covers available for sale. A selection of these works in the modern, contemporary and Impressionist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the retro book covers on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, black, brown, blue and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Mitchell Funk, Mark Shaw, Kevin Westenberg, G. Harvey and Gered Mankowitz produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in pigment print, archival pigment print and paper, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Retro Book Covers?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — retro book covers in our inventory begin at $25 and can go as high as $250,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,200.