The War of the World Book Covers Throughout the Ages

Posted by Alex in Book & Lit on October 30, 2007 at 3:26 am


H.G. Well’s classic The War of the Worlds has been continuously in print for over 100 years – here is an image collection of 318 book covers from 1898 to the present: Link – via Fazed


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One comment to "The War of the World Book Covers Throughout the Ages"

  1. CSI
    October 31st, 2007 at 4:42 am

    Most of these covers feature illustrations of the Martian fighting machines. What a strange assortment of designs, many of them quite bizarre. Only 3 or 4 closely resemble Well's description, suggesting professional illustrators often don't read books whose covers they are drawing.


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