By its Cover: Bicycle: The History by David Herlihy
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Bicycle: The History by David herlihy
Oh. Would you look at all that negative space? (For those of you squinting and wondering, I mean the black bits of the color, the expanse of "negative" color, the space empty of photo.) And the bicycle there, making up the "L" in the word "BICYCLE," though not especially surprising or innovative, is certainly well placed, and makes the title almost unnecessary. I wish that more books could be published without a title on the jacket. or maybe just on the spine. Why do we need a title on the jacket if the photograph says everything you want the jacket to say?
Of course, we don't know, really, if this photograph says everything the designer/author/publisher wants--or needs--the jacket to say. This one almost does--except, of course, that on first glance I'm thinking that the book is going to be a photography book. And it isn't a photography book. When I open it, and flip through the pages, I discover that, though the book is illustrated--and many of the illustrations are perfect-lovely-wonderful--the jacket makes me think that the book is something it isn't. So, well, damn. I still want it. The subject is interesting enough, the jacket is gorgeous enough and my need to click "add to cart" strong enough that I'm in full desire mode. Gimme gimme gimme.
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