The Beauty of Books

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The paperback book democratised reading in the 20th century, and printing directly onto the covers became a way of selling a book in the mass market. Since George Orwell's "1984' emerged as a paperback in 1954, its changing cover design has reflected each decade's approach to selling the book, while David Pelham's iconic `cog eye' for Anthony Burgess's `A Clockwork Orange" has permeated society since 1972.