Dejavu book covers

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 1:25 am

How many times have you looked at a book cover and felt like you'd seen that one before? I know I've seen a few in the past (wish I'd tracked them now), but I thought I'd start and thread and see how many we can find.

We Speak No Treason

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (thanks kasthu)

Shalimar by Rebecca Ryman

The Aviary Gate by Katie Hickman

The Perfect Royal Mistress Diane Haegar

The King's Favorite by Susan Holloway Scott

(well I guess maybe the last one is OK as they're both about the same person, Nell Gywn)

Kasthu · Post by **Kasthu** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 1:50 am

Here are a few more:

http://agirlwalksintoabookstore.blogspo ... %20deja-vu

It's amazing how those stock images make the rounds!

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 2:06 am

Well heck, I thought I was being original

I see a name there I'd like to talk to you about. Check your private messages.

annis · Post by **annis** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 2:36 am

I happened to notice the other day the similarities between the cover of Elizabeth Chadwick's "Marsh King's Daughter"
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/eli ... ughter.htm

and the new version of Barbara Erskine's "Lady of Hay"
http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/9 ... index.aspx

I guess that there are probably stock images which publishers have access to.

Sorry, still can't do images- I've given up

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 3:09 am

Sarah has a great gallery of such examples here:

http://www.libraryjobpostings.org/reusable-covers.htm

annis · Post by **annis** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 3:25 am

That George Romney portait of Emma Hamilton as Circe has done sterling service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Georg ... _Circe.jpg

The Gérard portrait of Mme Julie Récamier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Franç ... rd_003.jpg
has turned up all over the place as well. I've also seen it on covers of Mary Balogh Regency romances.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 3:55 am

I cant believe how many times some of the covers have been used. I think one was used 6 times.

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 4:27 am

Huh, I recognized the Hawley Jarman/Konigsburg combo right away. Can't believe they reused it, as it was so distinctive - and part of a trio of novels (with related covers) by the author below.

annis · Post by **annis** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 5:20 am

Btw, the attribution for the various Cleopatra themed covers- "Memoirs of Cleopatra" etc is
Alexandre Cabanel's 1887 painting
"Cleopatra Testing Poisions on Condemned Prisoners"

Just remembered- that Cibot painting of Anne Boleyn at the Tower was also used on an older edition of Jean Plaidy's "Lady in the Tower"
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/jea ... -tower.htm

pat · Post by **pat** » Sat December 20th, 2008, 9:56 am

Perhaps that is why I discounted some books as I felt I had read them befor!