My Pretty Copy of "The Great Gatsby" and other Beautiful Books

<div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday<span style="font-size: x-small;">,</span> in my guest post for <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Michaela Noelle Designs, <span style="color: black;">I shared my love of F.Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'. I loved this classic novel when I first read it in highschool, and loved it even more this time around now that I have an English Degree under my belt. I also can't wait for the movie! I predict that Leo is going to be amazing and that the film is going to inspire some trends in design this year! My brother and his girlfriend gifted me this beautiful copy for Christmas, and I just can't get enough of the lovely cream and bronze cover:</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPz045IoiXIHcsCmrXf0Cx2wsVScHOUjWgNttCTBYLQ4_TZixaBzIWxmi9kFJfLPQvHPmnUQ7PpQ7HjCcgfEUoN6hzueaGUr7Sm2vLosg49XgKZ_ba07MfXkgaHwPXLPIcDKEQ4sdcozD/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPz045IoiXIHcsCmrXf0Cx2wsVScHOUjWgNttCTBYLQ4_TZixaBzIWxmi9kFJfLPQvHPmnUQ7PpQ7HjCcgfEUoN6hzueaGUr7Sm2vLosg49XgKZ_ba07MfXkgaHwPXLPIcDKEQ4sdcozD/s640/029.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="color: black;">  I got quite a few compliments on this copy, and a few questions as well, so I thought I would share the information with you all. <a href="http://www.cb-smith.com/">Coralie Bickford-Smith</a> is the talented designer behind the book cover. She has, in fact, designed art deco inspired black, gold and white book covers for an entire Fitzgerald series, and each one is drool worthy:</span></span><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><img alt="http://www.cb-smith.com/files/gimgs/36_fscottspine.jpg" height="483" src="http://www.cb-smith.com/files/gimgs/36_fscottspine.jpg" width="432" /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="color: black;">She has also created beautiful and timeless clothbound covers for many classic literature works from Penguin Classics, including my personal fave book of all time "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. Have any of you read it? Take a look at how pretty these clothbound babies are:</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgP_qcwFPxpfsBY7bYbhz2eXl4na30YaP2Cn7fIB6WZ2WHh3DHE0h5rcASdsvU3kPmYBgg6guE8uijbO6KRIzGqUW-B1hbZbvFwqy5kHZSUeqHwZQK_9VacIgAU9esW9m4l7hA7OOVxaKE/s1600/series+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgP_qcwFPxpfsBY7bYbhz2eXl4na30YaP2Cn7fIB6WZ2WHh3DHE0h5rcASdsvU3kPmYBgg6guE8uijbO6KRIzGqUW-B1hbZbvFwqy5kHZSUeqHwZQK_9VacIgAU9esW9m4l7hA7OOVxaKE/s640/series+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnqvKKpsb35veeIb2-mIBWzrCqnk29XdGSz4nGI3SIa7tJf-KmqKJhvyf95OpeVKrZkvZOLDWrl0o3ME_pfQoYk1n41XSftAVcpTS8iBRmjaVnviwbyAbXHttjpof9XXXzc0FbQMwTiLQ/s1600/series+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnqvKKpsb35veeIb2-mIBWzrCqnk29XdGSz4nGI3SIa7tJf-KmqKJhvyf95OpeVKrZkvZOLDWrl0o3ME_pfQoYk1n41XSftAVcpTS8iBRmjaVnviwbyAbXHttjpof9XXXzc0FbQMwTiLQ/s640/series+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cb-smith.com/">via CB-Smith</a></td></tr></tbody></table>My goal is to collect one of each and read them all. How beautiful would these look on a shelf in comparison to your typical paperback?! I've seen the sets sold quite pricey, but you can find them individually on <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Amazon</span></a> for great prices (around $16 a piece for many of them).</div><div style="text-align: center;">They can be tricky to find, so use the <a href="http://www.cb-smith.com/index.php?/faq/"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">ISBNs</span></a> when you are looking for them on amazon! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just love classic literature! It's why I chose English as my first major and I love that these books fuse good reading with my second major, good design.</div><div style="text-align: center;">xox</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/Tiffany-27.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">ps. A special thanks to Emily from <a href="http://www.onceinablueroom.com/2012/05/pretty-practical.html"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Once in a Blue Room</span></a>, who first introduced me to these beautiful books!</span></div>

My Pretty Copy of "The Great Gatsby" and other Beautiful Books

Yesterday , in my guest post for Michaela Noelle Designs, I shared my love of F.Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'. I loved ...

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