Friday 11 April, 2008
The cupboard is full
I have been very lucky in my professional life. It is hard to describe how exciting it is to find a cupboard full of 68 years of Meanjin and to know you are responsible for the future of said cupboard. I felt I was opening a door on the history of Australian book design. Some of these covers are amazing. I plan to reprint articles from these early editions also.
I'm starting with the fifites, but will blog the other decades as well.
1950
1951
1952
1953
Cover design by S. Ostoja-Kotkowski.
1954
1955
1956
Cover design by Alan McCulloch
1957
1958
1959
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