Mises Book Covers

Miscellaneous General
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I’m wondering if there was ever any consideration in changing the covers of other Mises titles, specifically: Bureaucracy, Economic Freedom and Interventionism, Liberalism, Nation, State, and Economy, Planning for Freedom, and Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science. They all have the same cover, and I’ve thought that the reason is to keep the cost done on so many Mises titles, or maybe to have it as some sort of “collection” outside of his larger works. Also, maybe a more “vibrant” cover on Theory and History like Human Action.

I personally find the covers of books to be visually pleasing, and can pertain to the subject matter (like Socialism).

I will occasionally look on Ebay to see if I can find an older copy of various books for a different cover than what’s out now. I have a 1978 version of For A New Liberty, and the cover comes off more appealing than the current one (plus the price is printed on the cover at $5.95 - I see it as an indicator of inflation compared to now). I also prefer the newer cover of Economics in One Lesson compared to the old (which the old paperback cost me more than the current hardcover at Borders bookstore).

Just putting in my two cents as a reader.

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I, on the other hand, wish that they would make the covers more uniform.

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Bert, those are published by the Liberty Fund.

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Thought this thread was going to be about (text) book covers that (public) schools usually make you put on your books so that they don’t get damaged. Would have been cool to have covered my history or economics texts in a Mises themed cover

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I suppose I should be directing this at them.

I like that idea.

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The books with those covers aren’t published by the Mises Institute. I am sure (based on past experience) that if/when the Mises Institute decides to publish their own versions of these books, they will get very nice cover art.

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And they are doing a similiar series of Hayek books, also with uniform covers.

They are an improvement over the covers done by the Libertarian Press (nothing but horizontal bars), but still…

I really wish the LF would get someone who could do better covers for them. Great books, dull covers.

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I agree. The covers of their Hayek and Mises collections are a turn off. But, boy, they do sell some really fine collections that’d be great to have in a personal library for reference material, like the ones of Mill, Ricardo, and Natural Law.