08 | THE BOOKSELLER ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE


COVERS THROUGH THE YEARS


1894 THE JUNGLE BOOK –RUDYARD KIPLING


–CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Alexander Macmillan was involved with various


GOBLIN MARKET 1862


members of the Rossetti family, publishing literary works by Christina and also her brother William, with illustrations and designs by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Of this book, Alexander said, “My idea is to make an exceedingly pretty little volume and to bring it out as a small Christmas book.”


Macmillan was known for producing beautiful editions with innovative foil designs for each title, and Kipling’s works were issued by Macmillan in various collected editions until long after his death. Among these were pocket editions from 1907, the Bombay Edition, the Edition de Luxe (1897–1937), the impressive leather-bound Sussex Edition (1937–1939) and, in 1914, and special Service editions produced for soldiers fighting in the First World War.


1960 THE BALLAD OF PECKHAM RYE -MURIEL SPARK


Recently reissued in the Macmillan Collectors’ Library, Muriel Spark came to Macmillan through legendary editor Alan Maclean. Her first title, The Comforters, was published by Macmillan in 1957, followed by The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Ballad of Peckham Rye in 1960. In 2018, fans of Muriel Spark will celebrate the centenary of her birth: #murielspark100.


1902–1913 THE WESSEX EDITIONS–THOMAS HARDY Hardy had a long relationship with Alexander Macmillan, and in 1902, Hardy moved his collected works from Osgood McIlvaine. Macmillan remained his publisher for the rest of his life, issuing several collected editions, one published in green cloth with a distinctive jacket bearing the gold TH logo. This culminated in the New Wessex Edition in 1912.


THE TOWER–W B YEATS 1928


From 1916, Macmillan published all of W B Yeats’ work, as well as collected and variorum editions, and countless works of criticism and biography, some of which are still in print


today. He won the Nobel Prize in 1923. The image of the tower is by the celebrated cover artist and poet


William Sturge Moore, who designed many of the covers for Yeats’ works.


1955 CASINO ROYALE–IAN FLEMING The first of the James Bond novels was published in paperback by Pan, bringing the books to the mass market and paving the way for 11 more stories. Casino Royale was adapted for film in 1967 and 2006. The cover marks the first time that 007 is ever visualised.


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