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Bascove

Author of Where Books Fall Open: A Reader's Anthology of Wit & Passion

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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956) — Cover artist, some editions — 9,283 copies, 158 reviews
The Waves (1931) — Cover artist, some editions — 5,651 copies, 77 reviews
The Baron in the Trees (1957) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,783 copies, 68 reviews
Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,524 copies, 79 reviews
A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 4,078 copies, 108 reviews
Fifth Business (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,277 copies, 88 reviews
Life & Times of Michael K (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,887 copies, 70 reviews
In the Skin of a Lion (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,879 copies, 45 reviews
One Corpse Too Many (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,846 copies, 67 reviews
The Deptford Trilogy (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,584 copies, 39 reviews
Monk's Hood (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,410 copies, 54 reviews
The Virgin in the Ice (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,132 copies, 50 reviews
Saint Peter's Fair (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,122 copies, 49 reviews
The Leper of Saint Giles (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,022 copies, 49 reviews
The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,987 copies, 36 reviews
What's Bred in the Bone (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,931 copies, 25 reviews
The Rose Rent (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,863 copies, 26 reviews
Brother Cadfael's Penance (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,835 copies, 28 reviews
A Rare Benedictine (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,832 copies, 32 reviews
The Devil's Novice (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,812 copies, 37 reviews
The Potter's Field (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,805 copies, 24 reviews
The Holy Thief (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,789 copies, 25 reviews
The Summer of the Danes (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,787 copies, 27 reviews
The Hermit of Eyton Forest (1987) — some editions — 1,780 copies, 28 reviews
Dead Man's Ransom (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,768 copies, 35 reviews
An Excellent Mystery (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,766 copies, 34 reviews
The Raven in the Foregate (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,760 copies, 26 reviews
The Pilgrim of Hate (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,697 copies, 31 reviews
The Heretic's Apprentice (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,696 copies, 28 reviews
The Rebel Angels (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,696 copies, 29 reviews
The Confession of Brother Haluin (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,691 copies, 26 reviews
The Manticore (1972) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,597 copies, 33 reviews
The Cunning Man (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,588 copies, 29 reviews
The Lyre of Orpheus (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,405 copies, 18 reviews
World of Wonders (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,362 copies, 24 reviews
Meridian (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,335 copies, 13 reviews
Jakob von Gunten (1909) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,300 copies, 32 reviews
Canal Dreams (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,261 copies, 14 reviews
Murther and Walking Spirits (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,203 copies, 18 reviews
The Nonexistent Knight / The Cloven Viscount (1952) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,180 copies, 11 reviews
The Salterton Trilogy (1951) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,115 copies, 13 reviews
The Cornish Trilogy (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,048 copies, 19 reviews
Delta Wedding (1946) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,039 copies, 23 reviews
The Killings at Badger's Drift (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 948 copies, 40 reviews
The Wrench (1978) — Cover designer, some editions — 916 copies, 14 reviews
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 881 copies, 10 reviews
East is East (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 857 copies, 14 reviews
Mary Reilly (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 817 copies, 17 reviews
The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 768 copies, 10 reviews
In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 746 copies, 10 reviews
Leaven of Malice (1954) — Cover artist, some editions — 602 copies, 24 reviews
High Spirits (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 599 copies, 11 reviews
I, the Supreme (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 583 copies, 10 reviews
Tempest-Tost (1951) — Cover artist, some editions — 548 copies, 28 reviews
A Mixture of Frailties (1958) — Cover artist, some editions — 513 copies, 15 reviews
Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 506 copies, 19 reviews
If the River Was Whiskey (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 506 copies, 3 reviews
Death of a Hollow Man (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 494 copies, 20 reviews
The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811 (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 455 copies, 11 reviews
Passing On (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 440 copies, 6 reviews
Without a Hero (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 413 copies, 4 reviews
Death in Disguise (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 401 copies, 11 reviews
The Arabian Nightmare (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 398 copies, 5 reviews
Written in Blood (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 354 copies, 14 reviews
The War of the Saints (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 314 copies, 5 reviews
The Corpse in the Waxworks (1932) — Cover artist, some editions — 301 copies, 5 reviews
The Road to Lichfield (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 297 copies, 8 reviews
The Black Swan (1953) — Cover artist, some editions — 275 copies, 8 reviews
The long night of white chickens (1998) — Cover artist, some editions — 269 copies, 2 reviews
Murder at Madingley Grange (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 251 copies, 4 reviews
The Rattle-Rat (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 240 copies, 4 reviews
Hard Rain (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 232 copies, 5 reviews
Ararat (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 215 copies, 2 reviews
One Half of Robertson Davies (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 211 copies, 4 reviews
I Pass Like Night (Contemporary Classics) (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 188 copies, 1 review
The Fugitive (1949) — Cover artist, some editions — 148 copies, 6 reviews
The Doorman: A Novel (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 131 copies, 2 reviews
I Look Divine (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 121 copies, 3 reviews
Widows (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 111 copies
The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 103 copies, 2 reviews
Madera de héroe (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 95 copies, 2 reviews
Arcadio (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 89 copies, 2 reviews
Blue Eyes (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 85 copies, 4 reviews
The Healer (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 85 copies
Murder for Christmas and Three Other Great Mysteries: The Hollow, Murder in Retrospect, Thirteen At Dinner (1946) — Cover artist, some editions — 83 copies, 1 review
Memory of Departure (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 82 copies, 5 reviews
Good Boys and Dead Girls: And Other Essays (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 79 copies, 2 reviews
Death of a God (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 75 copies
Born Brothers (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 73 copies
Cataract (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 72 copies, 1 review
In the Land of Men (1992) — Contributor — 65 copies, 2 reviews
Aunt Jeanne (1953) — Cover artist, some editions — 64 copies, 3 reviews
Old Rosa (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 60 copies
Had I a Hundred Mouths: New & Selected Stories 1947-1983 (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 52 copies
Big Bob (1954) — Cover artist, some editions — 51 copies, 1 review
Migrant Souls (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 46 copies, 1 review
The Good Policeman (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 42 copies
The Year of the Zinc Penny (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 41 copies, 1 review
A Whiff of Death & Murder at the ABA (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 39 copies, 1 review
Paradise Man (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 39 copies, 2 reviews
The Voice of America: Stories (1991) — Cover artist, some editions — 39 copies
Twice Blessed: A Novel (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 37 copies, 1 review
Moonrise, Moonset (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 33 copies, 1 review
The Edmund Crispin Treasury Volume 1 (2010) — Cover artist, some editions — 32 copies
The Death Of An Amiable Child (2000) — Cover artist, some editions — 31 copies, 1 review
The Coming Triumph of the Free World (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 30 copies
Strange Things Happen Here: Twenty-Six Short Stories and a Novel (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 30 copies
Montezuma's Man (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 29 copies
Maria's Girls (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 26 copies, 1 review
Kill Hole (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 25 copies
Little Angel Street (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 23 copies
The Edmund Crispin Treasury Volume 3 (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 22 copies
El Bronx (1997) — Cover artist, some editions — 22 copies
The Edmund Crispin Treasury Volume 2 (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 21 copies
The Burning Women of Far Cry (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 21 copies
The Organ Builder (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 20 copies
D. H. Lawrence (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 20 copies
Consider the Alternative (2002) — Cover artist, some editions — 19 copies
Lady's Time (1985) — Contributor — 16 copies
Skywriting (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 16 copies
The Nation Thief (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 14 copies
Jadis (Contemporary American fiction) (1985) — Cover artist, some editions — 13 copies
Figures of Enchantment (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 13 copies
The Price of Light (1993) — Cover artist, some editions — 10 copies, 1 review
Lessons in Survival (1994) — Cover artist, some editions — 9 copies
Heads, You Lose (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 8 copies
Scarecrow, (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 5 copies
Judgement in St. Peter's (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 3 copies
Hannah hereafter (1976) — Cover artist, some editions — 1 copy

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Bascove, Anne
Other names
Bascove, A.
Birthdate
1946
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
USA
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Education
BA Philadelphia College of Art
Occupations
artist

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Where Books Fall Open: A Reader's Anthology of Wit &… by Bascove
It would be difficult for a book lover not to thoroughly enjoy this collection of writings about books. A great resource for thinking about books, reading and writing, for ideas about how to go about reading and writing, and for just finely crafted writing by lovers of books.

Bascove's art which adorns this collection creates a marvelously private, cozy, bookish world where voices seldom sound aloud, and the world outside is muted, allowing the reader or writer to be in the world on the printed page.… (more)
 
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