"This day's experience, set in order, none of it left ragged or lying about, all of it gathered in like treasure and finished with, set aside." –Alice Munro, "What is Remembered"
I purchased the following Scholastic editions of three novels by Jules Verne at a community book sale last summer, and I still like the look of them, although, quite frankly, Scholastic also scores points, big time, with me for proudly displaying a credit for the cover artist on each novel’s title page. There oughta be a law, I tells ya!
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ABOVE: Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days (NY: Scholastic, 1964), with cover art by Paul Granger.ABOVE: Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days (NY: Scholastic, 1964), with cover art by Paul Granger.ABOVE: Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island (NY: Scholastic, 1965), with cover art by Dom Lupo.ABOVE: Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island (NY: Scholastic, 1965), with cover art by Dom Lupo.ABOVE: Jules Verne, A Journey to the Center of the Earth (NY: Scholastic, 1966), with cover art by Mort Künstler.ABOVE: Jules Verne, A Journey to the Center of the Earth (NY: Scholastic, 1966), with cover art by Mort Künstler.
Keywords:Around the World in Eighty Days, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne, Paul Granger, Mort Künstler, Dom Lupo.
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