It's that exciting time again when I get to reveal the covers of our next batch of Furrowed Middlebrow titles from Dean Street Press! So thrilled to be doing these 13 titles (see announcements here and here), and if I do say so myself I think we've done them justice with our covers.
If you're on Twitter, you've actually been seeing these covers getting rolled out day-by-day, but it's only fair that those of you who aren't on Twitter get a bit of an exclusive yourself, so this post is the first appearance anywhere of our cover of Elizabeth Fair's The Marble Staircase, only coming to Twitter on Monday! Please don't spoil the surprise!
Original covers weren't really an option for this batch: The Marble Staircase, of course, has never been published before, and the Susan Scarlett original covers are, for the most part, a mystery, since of the twelve I have only ever seen a bad sideways pic of one and a heavily mildewed and discolored cover of another. But I think we found worthy and fitting substitutes. 1930s and 1940s women's magazines are a treasure trove of illustrations!
So, without further ado, here are our thirteen new covers. Hope you like them!
Ooh lovely! I particularly like the covers for Babbacombe's and Poppies for England and am eagerly anticipating the Elizabeth Fair, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun covers. An Elizabeth Fair tale - when the 6 EF titles were reissued by you back in 2017 I bought them all in Kindle format, and read them, not one right after the other, but fairly quickly (or so I thought.) Last month the 1954 club had at least one person read and review her novel The Native Heath, so I decided to re-read that one in preparation for the upcoming publication of The Marble Staircase. Low and behold, I had somehow missed reading The Native Heath. Did I ever feel foolish, as I had felt certain I had read all 6. I did a quick sampling of first chapters and see I DID read the other 5 at the time.
ReplyDeleteI can see I will have to take more care with the Susan Scarlott's when they come out, to be sure one doesn't fall through the cracks.
Jerri
Oh, gorgeous covers! And "A truly Trollopian air ..." is my kind of glowing endorsement.
ReplyDeleteYes that really sounds lovely!
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DeleteI'm looking forward to being able to give Susan Scarletts as presents without taking out a second mortgage.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! And as always so hard to choose where to go first. Elizabeth first I think (what a lovely scene) then and Pirouette and Clothes Pegs next. I loved Noel's ballet stories as a child and still have her Ballet Annual which I still adore. Thank you as usual for the treats Scott.
ReplyDeleteWonderful covers as always - looking forward to reading them
ReplyDeleteGorgeous covers as always! I can hardly wait until August!
ReplyDeleteI’m really looking forward to these books. especially the marble staircase that cover is glorious.
ReplyDeleteis there any chance you will be able to publish Tops and Bottoms - it is the only Streatfeild adult title not made available as an ebook when the others were - perhaps someone thought the title a bit risque?
ReplyDeletealso there are no ebook editions available for the Baker's Daughter or Celia's House, though they are available in paperback from Another Publisher - would you ever be able to epublish these, as they either have no interest or no rights
In the US, both the Baker's Daughter and Celia's House are available as eBooks from Sourcebooks.
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Well done! These are fantastic! Please come soon August!
ReplyDeleteI just noticed for the first time that the windows of the "frame" house are lit differently for every title! Please tell, what is the code? I'm on tenterhooks!!
ReplyDeleteI love these covers especially Babbacombe's and The Marble Staircase. And how could I resist a novel entitled Murder While You Work?
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