Benjamin Book Spine Design Turns Books Into Mechanical Reproductions

Penguin's reissue of Benjamin's 1935 classic features spines repeating the title a dozen times, so shelved copies literally become mechanically reproduced art — hailed as one of the cleverest book covers ever.

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