There are books of
which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
— Charles Dickens
If I pick up a book with vampires on the cover, I want there to
be vampires. If I pick up a book with spaceships on the cover,
I want spaceships. If I see one with dragons, I want there to
be dragons inside the book. Proper labelling. Ethical labelling.
— Margaret
Atwood
None of Mrs Whitman's book-covers are frivolous or finicky; they
have always reserve and purity.
— Brander Matthews, Bookbindings, Old and New