two for the price of one
It's not in the same league as the Billy Liar cover, but here's another by Tony Meeuwissen that I thought you might like to see. This one's from 1971 and the back cover blurb describes it thus: "In unravelling the facts behind his father's duplicity - which include an odd relationship as a trooper with a mysterious Count de Gallatin and eccentric entry into the banana business - Ackerley also reveals much of himself".
Hence the two bananas.
But 1974 was clearly a vintage year for Penguin covers, because look at this little beauty. Designed by David King, with an ink drawing by Ernst Neizvestny (who, among other things, designed Khrushchev's tomb).
I always go through the Penguin Classics sections at my local 2nd hand book shop. The detail is amazing!
Posted by: Anna-Lisa | 15 July 2008 at 02:50 PM