Mencken by Carl Bode Contributed by Nick Sherman on Aug 11th, 2012. Artwork published in 1969. Source: bookworship.com License: All Rights Reserved. An astute observation on Book Worship: His name in this typeface looks cool. His name in this typeface 10 more times looks 10 times cooler. The hardback edition was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1969. A paperback edition by Arcturus followed in 1973. Source: archive.org Internet Archive. License: All Rights Reserved. Typefaces Formats Books (5369) Topics Literature (2481) Designers/Agencies George Lenox (1) Tagged withH.L. Mencken (1)Carl Bode (1)book covers (4750)repetition (679)cropped type (387)crop-and-repeat (69)big type (1472)only type (1097)red and black (992)Southern Illinois University Press (1)Arcturus (1)wall of type (254) Artwork location United States (8219) Carbondale In Sets Cover Design (C. Redmon) (27) Chopped and screwed (Roque Strew) (9) Graphic (Litara Ung) (67) sans serif (Reshid Bey) (21) VGC (Florian Hardwig) (279) Book Design (Lucas Bevilaqua) (1113) Type Only (Lucas Bevilaqua) (78) Favourites (Lucas Bevilaqua) (855) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Neil Bold in use Clip Books of Line Art, Volk (1969)1969Harry Volk Jr. Art StudioPhoto(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr. Staff Pick The Roswell Incident1980unknownContributed by Jack Grimes Dayspring book cover1972Vonnie de PlataContributed by Indra Kupferschmid Staff Pick Sponsor More in Literature Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyContributed by Indra Kupferschmid The Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick (White Lion, 1974)1974unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig Beyond Apollo by Barry Malzberg (Pocket Books)1973Charles MollContributed by Fonts In Use Staff Mercè Rodoreda, Mirror of Languages Exhibition Catalogue2009Astrid Stavro StudioContributed by Tânia Raposo Staff Pick More in Books Merckx Ocana – Duel au Sommet book cover1974unknownContributed by Mathieu Triay A Book About2013FeedContributed by Philippe Dionne Bussières Staff Pick Werther Effect2011Clément Le Tulle-NeyretContributed by Clément Le Tulle-Neyret Grimm’s fairy tales2012KVLTJaci RaiaContributed by Nick Sherman More Fonts In Use Dirty Heads and Sublime with Rome gig poster2021Charlie WagersContributed by Jen Hood Staff Pick VELOCIDADE by Ronaldo Azeredo (1957/8 & 1968)c. 1957Ronaldo AzeredoContributed by Stephen Coles Blog Kevin Ayers – Banana Productions (The Best Of) album art1989Phil SmeeContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Who Gives A Crap logo and packaging (2012–)c. 2012unknownContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick