I only have two battered volumes of the Signet Classic Shakespeare Series of paperbacks with cover art in pen and ink and wash by Milton Glaser in my book collection, but they are definitely worth scanning for display here, so… voilà!
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ABOVE: William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, edited by Robert Langbaum (NY: Signet, c.1963), with cover art by Milton Glaser.
ABOVE: William Shakespeare, The Tempest, edited by Wolfgang Clemen (NY: Signet, c.1964), with cover art by Milton Glaser.
BONUS CONNECTION:
If Glaser’s drawing for the cover of The Tempest looks vaguely familiar to you, it might be because you’ve seen Glaser’s famous psychedelic poster of Bob Dylan, created for the release of Dylan’s 1967 “Greatest Hits” album…
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