Earthsea - Book Cover Inspiration

Research for a redisign of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. Focusing on typography and symbolism. No mysterious hooded figures allowed.
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an image of a book cover with the title in the king of the castle written by susan hill
Penguin Essentials Releases 10 Gorgeous New Cover Designs for Classic Novels
Penguin Essentials Releases 10 Gorgeous New Cover Designs for Classic Novels. Susan Hill is one of my favourite authors, excited for this edition!
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by Carlo Giovani for the new Brazilian edition of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth:
four books with different covers on them and one is in red, the other has black
an amazing series of work from the collaboration of designer Helen Yentus and illustrator Edel Rodriguez... I especially love the illustration for Hope and Impediments; the illustration so vividly says both things... beautifully done all the way around...
the cover of angels in america by tony kosherr, with words all over it
Love the use of something simple and throwaway (newspaper clippings) to create an totally original and striking piece of design
an old book with some type of writing on it
Book cover - The Metamorphosis: A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky - Design by Jamie Keenan - Lettering, insect, bug, beetle
many different types of posters with the names and numbers in each one, all showing different colors
chic type lettering
I included this in my research because some of the book covers i kind of liked where they have placed the type and it gives me a slight idea of where i shoud place type and ow it should move across the board.
the grand budapest hotel is shown in pink and red lettering on a white paper background
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a book cover with an image of a ship in the ocean and words that read nooby d'av
100 Book Covers to Fight Illiteracy - Design Crush
I love how the alignment of the words are worked into the graphic so that it looks like the whale, and the red in the script font below contrasts with the blue enough to stand out a little, but doesn't make it stick out too much since it's not the focal point.
an old black and white sign with the words'844 '
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1984 - Great cover for this book! (Had to read it in high school....would have enjoyed it more, if the one I read had this great design for the cover!)
the great gatsby book cover with an image of a yellow car on it
20 Gorgeous Great Gatsby Book Covers
Gatsby Covers never cease to amaze me! I love that artists keep coming up with stuff over and over.
birds flying in the sky over a white background with the word bird written on it
20+ Beautiful Typography Poster
The Birds - Typography Poster. Nice. We actually have these birds in our yard every day. It's creepy.
a wizard of earthsea book cover
10 Fantasy Book Series That Could Replace Harry Potter at the Movies
10 Fantasy Book Series That Could Replace Harry Potter at the Movies