Faber 80th Anniversary Poetry Editions
I’ve been drooling over Faber’s gorgeous 80th anniversary poetry covers ever since spotting them on designsponge last week. Illustrators and printmakers were commissioned for the covers of six new editions of twentieth-century poetry (by W.B. Yeats, W.H. Auden, Sylvia Plath, John Betjemen, T.S. Eliot, and Ted Hughes) and the woodcut and linocut results on the covers and matching endpapers are just beautiful. I recently started dabbling in linocuts and found these to be fantastic inspiration. Visit FaceOut Books for a great description of project designer Miriam Rosenbloom’s process, including how themes, artists, and unifying elements were chosen. I’d think they’d make beautiful gifts. 
Poetry of WH Auden, poems selected by John Fuller, cover by Paul Catherall
Poetry of Sylvia Plath, poems selected by Ted Hughes, cover by Peter Lawrence
Poetry of John Betjeman, poems selected by Hugo Williams, cover by Joe McLaren
Poetry of T.S. Eliot, poems selected by T.S. Eliot, cover by Clare Curtis
W.B. Yeats, poems selected by Seamus Heaney, cover by Heaney Nick Morley
Poetry of Ted Hughes, poems selected by Simon Armitage, cover by Mark Hearld
