The Wisdom of the Heart by Henry Miller, New Directions

8 Comments on “The Wisdom of the Heart by Henry Miller, New Directions”

1. Florian Hardwig says:

   Nov 3rd, 2016 9:05 am

   Caliban Books has a signed copy for sale. They share some more images of the cover and the interior, and note:

   This book was Alvin Lustig’s first project for New Directions; he designed the label on the front board, the title page and the dust jacket.

   

   Source: http://www.calibanbooks.com/pages/books/0075298/henry-miller-alvin-lustig/the-wisdom-of-the-heart
2. Florian Hardwig says:

   Nov 3rd, 2016 4:27 pm

   Is the first ‘t’ on the title page flipped? For symmetry?

3. Ian Lanius says:

   Nov 3rd, 2016 9:19 pm

   Wow, good catch!

   

4. Ian Lanius says:

   Nov 4th, 2016 3:41 pm

   How would that have been achieved in 1941? Would this have been set on a Linotype?

5. Florian Hardwig says:

   Nov 4th, 2016 9:16 pm

   I’d reckon that there was some intermediary step (of photographic copying?) involved in making the title page.

6. aaron says:

   Jan 23rd, 2017 9:22 pm

   The specific dust jacket shown (above) is the second edition (I believe) of the title and was designed by Robert Lowry. (If you look closely, you can see his signature: “lowry”)

   Lustig did design the cover and title page 'decorations’, as well as the DJ for the first edition.

7. Stephen Coles says:

   Jan 24th, 2017 10:38 am

   Nice catch, aaron. Thanks!

8. Aaron Cohen says:

   Jan 24th, 2017 4:41 pm

   You’re welcome, Stephen. It’s interesting that it was released with this new jacket, because the metal type designs were what attracted New Direction’s publisher James Laughlin to Lustig in the first place—those and a few key recommendations.