Louise Brooks has appeared on the covers of more than a handful of contemporary books, which is notable in that a good number of them are not necessarily about the actress or only reference her. These cover appearances are sometimes merely decorative — as an iconic figure, Brooks’ image was meant to be alluring, or perhaps evoke something about fashion or popular culture. With some covers, Brooks’ image was merely decorative — a pretty face, as is said, can help sell a book or magazine or whatever.
Besides this, there are a few other pages on the LBS website which showcase contemporary book covers featuring Louise Brooks or a Louise Brooks look-alike, including ones for fiction, poetry and drama, general non-fiction, and works of film history. Those pages are:
FICTION | POETRY & DRAMA | NON-FICTION | FILM HISTORY
A 2012 article by Thomas Gladysz on the subject of contemporary book covers featuring Louise Brooks can be found on the Huffington Post, “Louise Brooks – Cover Girl and Secret Muse of the 20th Century.” Notably, Louise Brooks also appeared on number of books published in the past. The LBS website which features a generously illustrated page of vintage Photoplay Editions (movie tie-in books and booklets) as well as a page of a few unrelated Vintage Book Covers. Know of other cover appearances? Have a better scan or additional information to share? The LBS would love to hear from you via its CONTACT page.
WORKS OF NON-FICTION (excluding film history):
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| Una giovinezza inventata Lalla Romano Einaudi, 1979 non-fiction | Italy |
People Will Talk John Kobal Aurum, 1991 non-fiction | UK |
Photographic Printing Gene Nocon Virgin Pub, 1995 non-fiction | USA |
The Eyebrow Robyn Cosio William Morrow, 2000 non-fiction | USA |
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| People And Pearls Ki Hackney & Diana Edkins HarperCollins, 2000 non-fiction | USA |
A Due Voci: Photography of Rita Hammond Ann M. Ryan, Kim Waale & Julie Grossman Syracuse University Press, 2003 non-fiction | USA |
Wicked Wit of Women Dominique Enright Michael O’Mara, 2003 non-fiction | USA |
Selected Sketches and Studies Dave Stevens Bulldog Studios, 2004 non-fiction | USA |
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| Girls in Pearls Claudia Lanfranconi Merrell Publishers, 2006 non-fiction | USA |
Portrait d’une flapper Roland Jaccard PUF, 2007 non-fiction | France |
100 Years of Fashion Cally Blackman unknown publisher, c 2012 non-fiction | Japan ? |
Rappers 2 Flappers Tom Dalzell Dover Publications, 2012 non-fiction | USA |
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| Art Deco Hair Daniela Turudich Streamline Press, 2013 non-fiction | USA |
Flappers Judith Mackrell Pan Macmillan, 2014 non-fiction | UK |
Louise Brooks, Frank Zappa, & Other Charmers… Tom Graves DeVault-Graves Agency, 2015 non-fiction | USA |
La Femme est une dandy comme … Alister Fayard/Pauvert, 2018 non-fiction | France |
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| La sensualità nell’arte Anna Maria Landi Independently published, 2018 non-fiction | Italy |
Hollywood 1920s (back cover) Nagaharu Yodogawa Haga Publishing, 1977 non-fiction | Japan |
Women of the 1920s (back cover) Thomas Bleitner Abbeville Press, 2019 non-fiction | Italy |
Popular Performer: 1920s Jan Sanborn Alfred Music, date unknown piano book | USA |
AN APPEARANCE IN NAME ONLY:
Louise Brooks’ name can be found on the covers of the following books. On Lee Israel’s Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Brooks’ name is XXXXXX XXXXXX out.
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| People Will Talk John Kobal Alfred A. Knopf, 1986 non-fiction | USA |
People Will Talk John Kobal Arum Press, 1986 non-fiction | UK |
Profiles Kenneth Tynan HarperCollins, 1990 non-fiction | USA |
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel Simon & Schuster, 2008 non-fiction | USA |